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The degree of specificity of reported outcomes was assessed (Table 3).
There is little consistency and no specificity of reported symptoms.
Moreover, specificity of reported clinical manifestations may be limited.
Bland et al in their study showed that at nine months, specificity of reported EBF ranged from 40 to 82%.
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Because of the potential usefulness of herdsmen's observations in surveillance and emerging disease identification, we suggest that studies of animal disease prevalence in developing countries should include estimates of sensitivity and specificity of reporting.
The sensitivity and specificity of reporting one or more of the TB symptoms when compared to sputum culture as the gold standard was 80%9595% CI: 44, 96) and 74% (95% CI: 70, 77), respectively.
In that study, the specificity of reporting haematopoietic malignancy was extremely high for both lymphoma cases and controls (98 and 99%, respectively), but the sensitivity was 60% for lymphoma cases and only 38% for controls.
The sensitivity and specificity of self reported cardiovascular disease is good, with reported ranges of 66 90% and 98 99%, respectively.
The study focussed on the number of adverse event matches, overlap of adverse events detected by different sources, preventability and severity of consequences of reported and non-reported events and sensitivity and specificity of reports.
4) What is the sensitivity and specificity of reports for adverse events?
One smaller, more recent study looking at the sensitivity and specificity of reporting of diabetes on death certificates reported similar results (4).
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