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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
3
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1990-2-7
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| pubmed:abstractText |
The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate the use of specific criteria and examiner calibration on the reliability of inexperienced examiners on dental sealant evaluations. Dental (N = 8) and dental hygiene (N = 8) students participated as examiners. The study objectives were to identify differences in calibrated and non-calibrated examiners, examiners calibrated by an expert or non-expert, and reliability between dental and dental hygiene student examiners. A criterion-referenced evaluation form was used to evaluate dental sealant end product on 20 teeth, twice by each examiner. Eight of 16 examiners participated in a one-hour calibration session between evaluations. The session consisted of a discussion of operational definitions, the evaluation procedure for dental sealants, and use of the criterion-referenced form. Intra- and interexaminer reliabilities were measured. There were no statistically significant differences (p less than .05) in intraexaminer reliability. Although calibration produced no significant increase in interexaminer reliability, the post-training reliability scores for the group calibrated by an expert decreased, and scores for the group calibrated by a non-expert increased. No significant difference was found in reliability between dental and dental hygiene student examiners.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
D
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| pubmed:chemical | |
| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:issn |
1043-254X
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
63
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
125-9
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Effects of specific criteria and calibration on examiner reliability.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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