开发和外部验证FluScoreVax流感风险评分的发展和外部验证,该评分包含疫苗状态
Mark H Ebell1, Yewen Chen2, Fangzhi Luo2
1From the Department of Family Medicine, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA (MHE); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA (YC, FL, YS); Centre for General Practice, Department of Family Medicine & Population Health, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, b. Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium (SC); Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium (SC, MI); Primary Care and Population Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK (PL); Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI USA (BB), Department of Family Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA (DM). ebell.mark@gmail.com.
一个新的风险评分,FluScoreVax,准确地识别了流感的低风险患者,只有7%的测试结果呈阳性. 这个工具有助于通过疫苗接种史和症状来诊断流感.
科学领域:
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 临床决策支持 临床决策支持
背景情况:
- 准确的流感诊断对于适当的治疗和公共卫生管理至关重要.
- 现有的诊断方法可能是资源密集型或耗时的.
- 一个简单的,经过验证的风险评分可以帮助临床医生在门诊机构.
研究的目的:
- 开发和外部验证流感诊断的简单风险评分.
- 该得分包括疫苗接种史和患者报告的症状.
- 在不同的人群中评估分数的准确性和校准.
主要方法:
- 风险评分是使用从欧洲 (GRACE) 和美国 (EAST-PC) 门诊数据 (2007-2010) 的逻辑回归来得出的.
- 收集了患者报告的症状和疫苗接种情况.
- 通过聚合酶链反应 (PCR) 确认了流感的诊断.
主要成果:
- 开发了6项风险评分 (FluScoreVax),曲线下的面积 (AUC) 为0.75,用于导出和内部验证.
- 美国数据的外部验证显示了出色的校准.
- 该评分将61%的患者确定为低风险患者,只有6.8%患有流感.
结论:
- "FluScoreVax风险评分"已成功开发并获得外部验证.
- 它有效地确定了很大一部分患者的流感风险较低.
- 该评分以应用程序的形式提供,以促进临床使用.
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