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Comparison of a short examination procedure with an extensive diagnostic protocol for the diagnosis of temporomandibular disorders
Author(s) -
Miller V.J.,
Bookhan V.,
Cheshankova E.,
Moipolai P.,
Setzer S.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of oral rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2842
pISSN - 0305-182X
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2842.1999.00403.x
Subject(s) - medicine , kappa , cohen's kappa , physical examination , temporomandibular disorder , statistic , oral examination , dentistry , temporomandibular joint , surgery , mathematics , statistics , oral health , geometry
Eighty‐nine patients who complained of temporomandibular disorders were examined using a short and long examination procedure. Seventy were females and 19 males. Mean age of the group was 31·53 years, with a range from 11 to 73 years. The agreement between the two examination procedures was tested using the Kappa statistic. This gave a value of 0·876 ( P <0·001). This allowed rejection of the hypothesis that the agreement found between the two procedures was due to chance alone.