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Medical test

About: Medical test is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 205 publications have been published within this topic receiving 5735 citations. The topic is also known as: diagnostic test.


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14 May 1982-JAMA
TL;DR: The treadmill exercise test is shown to provide surprisingly little prognostic information beyond that obtained from basic clinical measurements.
Abstract: A method is presented for evaluating the amount of information a medical test provides about individual patients. Emphasis is placed on the role of a test in the evaluation of patients with a chronic disease. In this context, the yield of a test is best interpreted by analyzing the prognostic information it furnishes. Information from the history, physical examination, and routine procedures should be used in assessing the yield of a new test. As an example, the method is applied to the use of the treadmill exercise test in evaluating the prognosis of patients with suspected coronary artery disease. The treadmill test is shown to provide surprisingly little prognostic information beyond that obtained from basic clinical measurements.

2,735 citations

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TL;DR: It is suggested that a multimethod assessment battery provides a structured means for skilled clinicians to maximize the validity of individualized assessments.
Abstract: This article summarizes evidence and issues associated with psychological assessment. Data from more than 125 meta-analyses on test validity and 800 samples examining multimethod assessment suggest 4 general conclusions: (a) Psychological test validity is strong and compelling, (b) psychological test validity is comparable to medical test validity, (c) distinct assessment methods provide unique sources of information, and (d) clinicians who rely exclusively on interviews are prone to incomplete understandings. Following principles for optimal nomothetic research, the authors suggest that a multimethod assessment battery provides a structured means for skilled clinicians to maximize the validity of individualized assessments. Future investigations should move beyond an examination of test scales to focus more on the role of psychologists who use tests as helpful tools to furnish patients and referral sources with professional consultation.

1,184 citations

Patent
03 Apr 2002
TL;DR: In this paper, a patient is rewarded for performing a medical test or for maintaining medical test results within desired levels, and the patient's test data is generated and transferred for use by reward firmware in a cartridge.
Abstract: A patient is rewarded for performing a medical test or for maintaining medical test results within desired levels Medical test data is generated and transferred for use by reward firmware in a cartridge, for example Reward information is provided to the patient to motivate or encourage the patient to conduct medical tests and/or to maintain medical test results within certain levels The cartridge can be inserted into an electronic controller, eg a handheld video-game controller, cellular telephone, or other device Transmission of data and/or encouragement to and from a remote location provides additional advantages

321 citations

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TL;DR: The pathway of a laboratory assay measuring a biomarker to becoming a medically useful test is described, and the essential components of analytical and clinical performances, clinical and cost-effectiveness and the broader impact of testing assemble in a dynamic cycle.

150 citations

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TL;DR: It is shown that doctors and patients made more accurate inferences when information was communicated in natural frequencies as compared to probabilities, and doctors were more accurate in their diagnostic inferences than patients, though differences in accuracy disappeared when differences in numerical skills were controlled for.

143 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202114
202010
20198
201816
20179
201614