Its practicability and efficiency are illustrated by retrospective human reliability analyse of the famous nuclear and maritime accidents.
In every retrospective study the reliability of data can be a problem, because data from letters or notes made at the time of presentation can be misinterpreted.
Second, since this is a retrospective study, the reliability of patients' self-reported alcohol intake is questionable.
Weinstock M. A., G. A. Colditz, W. C. Willet, M. J. Stamfer, B. Rosner, and F. E. Speizer (1991) Recall (report) bias and reliability in retrospective assessment of melanoma risk, Am.
To examine inter-rater reliability, 10 retrospective studies from the pediatric surgery literature were assessed with the instrument by 6 independent reviewers.
Differences in target populations, age range, data collection, diagnostic and classification criteria, methodological study design, and a lower reliability of retrospective studies, may account for such controversial results.
For instance, some authors doubted the accuracy and reliability of retrospective reports, in which, years after surgery, patients are asked to describe the difference between their own condition before and after the operation, overestimating surgical success [38, 39].
Katz and Fingeroth [5] reported retrospective evaluations of the reliability of the Lachman test, the anterior drawer test, and the pivot shift test in 85 patients under general anesthesia.
Several researchers have questioned the reliability of retrospective recall of symptoms during a single interview in persons with a history of depression.[43], [44] Several previous studies also looked at rates of overtreatment, with various outcomes.
