TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Medical Record Review Conduction Model for Improving Interrater Reliability of Abstracting Medical-Related Information
JO  - Evaluation and the health professions
A1  - Engel, Lisa
A1  - Henderson, Courtney
A1  - Fergenbaum, Jennifer
A1  - Colantonio, A.
SP  - 281
EP  - 298
VL  - 32
IS  - 3
N2  - Medical record review (MRR) is often used in clinical research and evaluation, yet there is limited literature regarding best practices in conducting a MRR, and there are few studies reporting interrater reliability (IRR) from MRR data. The aim of this research was twofold: (a) to develop a MRR abstraction tool and standardize the MRR process and (b) to examine the IRR from MRR data. This study introduces the MRR-Conduction Model, which was used to implement a MRR, and examines the IRR between two abstractors who collected preinjury medical and psychiatric, incident-related medical and postinjury head symptom information from the medical records of 47 neurologically injured workers. Results showed that the percentage agreement was ≥85% and the unweighted κ statistic was ≥.60 for most variables, indicating substantial IRR. An effective and reliable MRR to abstract medical-related information requires planning and time. The MRR-Conduction Model is proposed to guide the process of creating a MRR.<p />
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SN  - 0163-2787
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0163278709338561
ID  - ref1
ER  -