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- Title
Diagnostic Tool Using the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders: A Randomized Crossover-Controlled, Double-Blinded, Two-Center Study.
- Authors
Young, Andrew; Gallia, Samantha; Ryan, John F.; Atsushi Kamimoto; Korczeniewska, Olga A.; Kalladka, Mythili; Khan, Junad; Noboru Noma
- Abstract
Aims: To assess the speed and accuracy of a checklist user interface for the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD). Methods: A diagnostic tool formatted as a checklist was developed and compared to an existing diagnostic tool, the DC/TMD diagnsostic decision trees. Both types of tools use the DC/TMD and were tested by dental students, interns, and residents in the USA and Japan for diagnosis of hypothetical patients. The comparisons were done in a randomized, crossover, controlled, double-blinded trial. Results: Overall, subjects using the experimental tool answered 25% more correct diagnoses (P < .001) and missed 27% fewer diagnoses (P < .01). They were also able to finalize their diagnoses faster than those using the control tool, in 16% less time (P < .05). The difference in accuracy was more pronounced in complex cases, while the difference in speed was more pronounced in simple cases. Conclusion: This checklist is an alternative user interface for the DC/TMD.
- Subjects
UNITED States; JAPAN; DECISION trees; HOSPITAL medical staff; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; BLIND experiment; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR disorders; STATISTICAL sampling; CROSSOVER trials; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Journal of Oral & Facial Pain & Headache, 2021, Vol 35, Issue 3, p242
- ISSN
2333-0384
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11607/ofph.3008