TY - JOUR
T1 - Expert performance in low-back disorder recognition using patient pain drawings
AU - Horace Mann, N.
AU - Brown, Mark D.
AU - Enger, Isadore
PY - 1992/9
Y1 - 1992/9
N2 - Eight low-back-pain experts who regularly include pain drawings in their clinical workup were asked to classify 25 drawings. The experts used only the drawings to place cases into one of five broadly defined diagnostic categories: benign disorder, herniated disc, spinal stenosis, underlying disorder, or psychogenic disturbance. The physicians demonstrated adequate accuracy-51% correct-when compared with change (20% correct). Classification accuracy was greatest for psychogenic disorders (85%), followed by spinal stenosis (58%), herniated discs (52%), and benign disorders (50%). Predictions were comparatively poor for the underlying disorder category (10%). The individual physician accuracies varied from 44 to 60%. 'Classic' pain patterns for each disorder group were identified by determining which drawings were correctly classified by most physicians. Physicians may wish to impart greater significance to pain drawings close to one of our 'classic' patterns than to others.
AB - Eight low-back-pain experts who regularly include pain drawings in their clinical workup were asked to classify 25 drawings. The experts used only the drawings to place cases into one of five broadly defined diagnostic categories: benign disorder, herniated disc, spinal stenosis, underlying disorder, or psychogenic disturbance. The physicians demonstrated adequate accuracy-51% correct-when compared with change (20% correct). Classification accuracy was greatest for psychogenic disorders (85%), followed by spinal stenosis (58%), herniated discs (52%), and benign disorders (50%). Predictions were comparatively poor for the underlying disorder category (10%). The individual physician accuracies varied from 44 to 60%. 'Classic' pain patterns for each disorder group were identified by determining which drawings were correctly classified by most physicians. Physicians may wish to impart greater significance to pain drawings close to one of our 'classic' patterns than to others.
KW - Benign dis-order
KW - Herniated disc
KW - Patient pain drawing
KW - Psychogenic disturbance
KW - Spinal stenosis
KW - Underlying disorder
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U2 - 10.1097/00002517-199209000-00002
DO - 10.1097/00002517-199209000-00002
M3 - Article
C2 - 1387821
AN - SCOPUS:0026785512
VL - 5
SP - 254
EP - 259
JO - Journal of Spinal Disorders
JF - Journal of Spinal Disorders
SN - 0895-0385
IS - 3
ER -