Concordance between the Clinical Diagnosis of Influenza in Primary Care and Epidemiological Surveillance Systems (PREVIGrip Study)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design and Study Population
2.2. Data Collection
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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ICCa | ICCc | |||||
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Season | Clinical Diagnosis Rate vs. Sentinel-Confirmed Rate vs. Total Confirmed Rate | Clinical Diagnosis Rate vs. Sentinel-Confirmed Rate | Clinical Diagnosis Rate vs. Total Confirmed Rate | Clinical Diagnosis vs. Sentinel-Confirmed vs. Total Confirmed | Clinical Diagnosis Rate vs. Sentinel-Confirmed Rate | Clinical Diagnosis Rate vs. Total Confirmed Rate |
2010–2011 | 0.460 (0.17–0.685) *** | 0.592 (0.171–0.804) ** | 0.313 (−0.054–0.604) | 0.587 (0.395–0.750) *** | 0.687 (0.454–0.832) *** | 0.448 (0.129–0.683) ** |
2011–2012 | 0.570 (0.334–0.749) *** | 0.753 (0.505–0.878) *** | 0.362 (0.026–0.626) * | 0.639 (0.458–0.785) *** | 0.789 (0.615–0.890) *** | 0.438 (0.116–0.676) ** |
2012–2013 | 0.378 (0.150–0.596) *** | 0.599 (0.262–0.793) *** | 0.159 (−0.110–0.436) | 0.452 (0.241–0.651) *** | 0.661 (0.415–0.817) *** | 0.206 (−0.142–0.509) |
2013–2014 | 0.343 (0.122–0.565) *** | 0.412 (0.062–0.666) * | 0.243 (−0.056–0.519) | 0.416 (0.202–0.623) *** | 0.491 (0.182–0.711) ** | 0.305 (−0.037–0.584) * |
2014–2015 | 0.410 (0.187–0.621) *** | 0.323 (0.005–0.590) * | 0.407 (0.079–0.656) ** | 0.472 (0.262–0.666) *** | 0.383 (0.051–0.639) * | 0.467 (0.152–0.696) ** |
2015–2016 | 0.378 (0.154–0.593) *** | 0.226 (−0.064–0.500) | 0.495 (0.137–0.726) ** | 0.450 (0.241–0.646) *** | 0.281 (−0.058–0.562) | 0.572 (0.295–0.761) *** |
2016–2017 | 0.464 (0.227–0.670) *** | 0.245 (−0.055–0.521) | 0.661 (0.314–0.835) *** | 0.539 (0.338–0.716) *** | 0.306 (−0.036–0.585) * | 0.726 (0.514–0.855) *** |
2017–2018 | 0.553 (0.302–0.741) *** | 0.348 (0.005–0.617) * | 0.746 (0.425–0.883) *** | 0.634 (0.452–0.782) *** | 0.435 (0.112–0.674) ** | 0.802 (0.636–0.897) *** |
2018–2019 | 0.552 (0.311–0.737) *** | 0.297 (−0.019–0.569) * | 0.796 (0.543–0.905) *** | 0.624 (0.44–0.775) *** | 0.365 (0.030–0.626) * | 0.836 (0.693–0.915) *** |
All | 0.470 (0.332–0.588) *** | 0.366 (0.160–0.522) *** | 0.549 (−0.284–0.704) *** | 0.539 (0.475–0.601) *** | 0.434 (0.337–0.522) *** | 0.626 (0.522–0.691) *** |
Pearson Correlation Coefficient | Spearman’s Rank Coefficient | |||
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Season | Clinical Diagnosis Rate vs. Sentinel-Confirmed Rate | Clinical Diagnosis Rate vs. Total Confirmed Rate | Clinical Diagnosis Rate vs. Sentinel-Confirmed Rate | Clinical Diagnosis Rate vs. Total Confirmed Rate |
2010–2011 | 0.906 * | 0.962 * | 0.948 * | 0.950 * |
2011–2012 | 0.934 * | 0.995 * | 0.705 * | 0.862 * |
2012–2013 | 0.954 * | 0.979 * | 0.900 * | 0.945 * |
2013–2014 | 0.915 * | 0.979 * | 0.843 * | 0.892 * |
2014–2015 | 0.740 * | 0.692 * | 0.782 * | 0.811 * |
2015–2016 | 0.919 * | 0.984 * | 0.910 * | 0.884 * |
2016–2017 | 0.947 * | 0.937 * | 0.964 * | 0.967 * |
2017–2018 | 0.930 * | 0.943 * | 0.937 * | 0.966 * |
2018–2019 | 0.983 * | 0.988 * | 0.910 * | 0.883 * |
All | 0.822 * | 0.850 * | 0.864 * | 0.891 * |
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Aguilar Martín, C.; Dalmau Llorca, M.R.; Castro Blanco, E.; Carrasco-Querol, N.; Hernández Rojas, Z.; Forcadell Drago, E.; Rodríguez Cumplido, D.; Gonçalves, A.Q.; Fernández-Sáez, J. Concordance between the Clinical Diagnosis of Influenza in Primary Care and Epidemiological Surveillance Systems (PREVIGrip Study). Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 1263. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031263
Aguilar Martín C, Dalmau Llorca MR, Castro Blanco E, Carrasco-Querol N, Hernández Rojas Z, Forcadell Drago E, Rodríguez Cumplido D, Gonçalves AQ, Fernández-Sáez J. Concordance between the Clinical Diagnosis of Influenza in Primary Care and Epidemiological Surveillance Systems (PREVIGrip Study). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(3):1263. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031263
Chicago/Turabian StyleAguilar Martín, Carina, Mª Rosa Dalmau Llorca, Elisabet Castro Blanco, Noèlia Carrasco-Querol, Zojaina Hernández Rojas, Emma Forcadell Drago, Dolores Rodríguez Cumplido, Alessandra Queiroga Gonçalves, and José Fernández-Sáez. 2022. "Concordance between the Clinical Diagnosis of Influenza in Primary Care and Epidemiological Surveillance Systems (PREVIGrip Study)" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 3: 1263. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031263