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Methods Inf Med 1984; 23(01): 15-22
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1635319
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Comparison of Examinees’ and Doctors’ Judgement of Health Status Using Data in an AMHTS

Vergleichende Beurteilung des Gesundheitszustandes durch Probanden und Ärzte mit Hilfe von AMHTS-Daten
Y. Sekita
1   (From the Dept. of Hospital and Medical Care Administration, Tohoku University, Sendai, the Dept. of Computer Science and Statistics, Otemon University, and the First Department of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan)
,
T. Ohta
1   (From the Dept. of Hospital and Medical Care Administration, Tohoku University, Sendai, the Dept. of Computer Science and Statistics, Otemon University, and the First Department of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan)
,
M. Inoue
1   (From the Dept. of Hospital and Medical Care Administration, Tohoku University, Sendai, the Dept. of Computer Science and Statistics, Otemon University, and the First Department of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan)
,
H. Takeda
1   (From the Dept. of Hospital and Medical Care Administration, Tohoku University, Sendai, the Dept. of Computer Science and Statistics, Otemon University, and the First Department of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan)
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17 February 2018 (online)

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Summary

Judgements of examinees’ health status by doctors and by the examinees themselves are compared applying multiple discriminant analysis. The doctors’ judgements of the examinees’ health status are studied comparatively using laboratory data and the examinees’ subjective symptom data.

This data was obtained in an Automated Multiphasic Health Testing System. We discuss the health conditions which are significant for the judgement of doctors about the examinees. The results show that the explanatory power, when using subjective symptom data, is fair in the case of the doctors’ judgement. We found common variables, such as nervousness, lack of perseverance etc., which form the first canonical axis.

Die Beurteilung des Gesundheitszustandes durch Ärzte und die Probanden selbst wurde mit Hilfe der multiplen Diskriminanz-Analyse miteinander verglichen. Die Beurteilung des Gesundheitszustandes der Versuchspersonen durch die Ärzte erfolgte aufgrund der Labordaten und der subjektiven Symptome, die mittels Automated Multiphasic Health Testing and Services (AMHTS) gewonnen wurden.

Es wird diskutiert, welche Faktoren für die ärztliche Beurteilung des Gesundheitszustandes der Probanden bedeutsam sind. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, daß die Beurteilung von seiten des Arztes auch bei Verwendung subjektiver Symptomangaben gut ist. Ferner fanden wir gemeinsame Variablen von Ärzten und Probanden, wie z. B. Nervosität, mangelnde Ausdauer usw., die die erste kanonische Achse bilden.

Key-Words:

Judgement of Health Status - AMHTS - Subjective Symptoms - Laboratory Data - Multiple Discriminant Analysis

Schlüssel-Wörter:

Beurteilung des Gesundheitszustandes - AMHTS - subjektive Symptome - Labordaten - multiple Diskriminanzanalyse
 

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