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      Interexaminer agreement dental caries epidemiological surveys: the importance of disease prevalence in the sample Translated title: Concordância interexaminador em levantamentos epidemiológicos de cárie dentária: a importância da prevalência da doença na amostra

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          Abstract: Objective: To identify desirable characteristics, including different sample sizes and dental caries prevalences, in virtual samples that allow, at the same time, higher values of general agreement percentage (GPA) and Kappa coefficient (κ), under a low confidence interval (CI), in reproducibility studies. Method: A total of 384 statistical simulations of inter-examiner calibration, varying sample size (12, 15, 20, 60, 200 and 500 individuals), caries prevalence (30, 50, 60 and 90%) and percentages of positive (PA) and negative (NA) agreement (30, 50, 60 and 90%) were undertaken. GPA and κ were used to measure reproducibility and define deviation between them. Results: The sample of 60 individuals, under caries prevalence of 50%, PA and NA of 90%, presented a GPA and Kappa values of 90 and 80%, respectively, a relative small confidence interval (95%CI 0.65 - 0.95) and a GPA/Kappa deviation of 10.00. Conclusion: A virtual sample of 60 individuals, under caries prevalence of 50%, seems feasible to produce a satisfactory interexaminer agreement at epidemiological conditions. However, epidemiological studies to corroborate or refute this assertion are necessary.

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          Resumo: Objetivo: Identificar características desejáveis, considerando diferentes tamanhos de amostra e prevalências de cárie em amostras virtuais que possibilitem, simultaneamente, altos valores de porcentagem geral de concordância (PGC) e do coeficiente Kappa (κ), sob baixo intervalo de confiança (IC), em estudos de reprodutibilidade. Método: Ao total, 384 simulações estatísticas de calibração interexaminador, variando o tamanho da amostra (12, 15, 20, 60, 200 e 500 indivíduos), a prevalência de cárie (30, 50, 60 e 90%) e as taxas de concordâncias positiva (CP) e negativa (CN) (30, 50, 60 e 90%) foram realizadas. Os valores de PGC e κ foram utilizados para mensurar a reprodutibilidade e o desvio entre as respectivas medidas PGC/Kappa. Resultados: A amostra de 60 indivíduos, com prevalência de cárie de 50% e taxas de concordância positiva e negativa de 90%, apresentou um valor de PGC = 90%, Kappa = 80%, um intervalo de confiança (IC95% 0,65 - 0,95) relativamente pequeno e um desvio PGC/Kappa de 10,00. Conclusão: A amostra virtual de 60 indivíduos parece ser viável, em condições epidemiológicas, para produzir uma concordância interexaminadores satisfatória. Contudo, estudos epidemiológicos para corroborar ou refutar esta conclusão são necessários.

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                Journal
                rbepid
                Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
                Rev. bras. epidemiol.
                Associação Brasileira de Pós -Graduação em Saúde Coletiva
                1415-790X
                June 2016
                : 19
                : 2
                : 272-279
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Universidade Federal do Maranhão Brazil
                [2 ] Universidade Federal de Viçosa Brazil
                [3 ] Universidade Federal Fluminense Brazil
                [4 ] Universidade Estadual de Campinas Brazil
                [5 ] Universidade de São Paulo Brazil
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                S1415-790X2016000200272
                10.1590/1980-5497201600020005
                b2e61e10-c12e-43a7-9a3b-7219b4dfc93c

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                Tamanho da amostra,Reprodutibilidade dos testes,Inquéritos de saúde bucal,Cárie dentária,Calibragem,Epidemiologia,Sample size,Reproducibility of results,Dental health surveys,Dental caries,Calibration,Epidemiology

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