Bleeding self-assessments by patients with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP): An agreement study.

Autor: Clerici B; Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Transfusion Research, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.; Struttura Complessa di Medicina Generale II, Ospedale San Paolo, Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy., Masood S; Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Transfusion Research, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada., Nazy I; Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Transfusion Research, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada., Tang N; Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Transfusion Research, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada., Cranstone M; Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Transfusion Research, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.; Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada., Liu Y; Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Transfusion Research, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada., Hadzi-Tosev M; Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Transfusion Research, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada., Nixon J; Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Transfusion Research, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada., St John M; Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Transfusion Research, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada., Shirinzadeh M; Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Transfusion Research, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada., Jamula E; Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Transfusion Research, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada., Kelton JG; Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Transfusion Research, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada., Arnold DM; Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Transfusion Research, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American journal of hematology [Am J Hematol] 2024 Jun; Vol. 99 (6), pp. 1184-1186. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 27.
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.27298
Abstrakt: We designed anagreement study to compare the results of bleeding assessments done in tandem by ITP patients and trained research staff. We used a modified version of the ITP Bleeding Scale, which captured the patients' worst bleeding event at any of nine anatomical sites since the time of the last assessment. Interrater agreement was determined using the 2-way kappa for the assessment of severe vs. non-severe bleeds. We analyzed 108 consecutive patients with ITP from the McMaster ITP Registry who had duplicate bleeding assessments. Two-way agreement was excellent for gynecological (k = 0.86, 95% CI 0.71-1.02), gastrointestinal (k = 1), genitourinary (k = 1), pulmonary (k = 1) and intracranial (k = 1) bleeds; good for skin (k = 0.68, 95% CI, 0.54-0.82), oral (k = 0.76, 95% CI, 0.53-0.98) and ocular (k = 0.66, 95% CI, 0.04-1-28) bleeds; and moderate for epistaxis (k = 0.58, 95% CI, 0.21-0.95). Bleeding self-assessments by ITP patients were similar to trained research staff, but disagreements in severity grades were more frequent with skin bleeds, oral bleeds and epistaxis. Bleeding self-assessments could simplify bleeding assessments in clinical trials.
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