A new research project at the University of Leicester will review the accuracy of medical diagnoses.
Evaluating diagnostic strategy is crucial to clinical practice as it helps maximise the efficacy of the treatments which are offered to patients. Many lives are affected every day by the diagnoses made by hospitals and medical doctors, and it is vital that diagnoses are accurate.
Nicola Novielli, a PhD research student in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of Leicester, has carried out research to assess the accuracy of diagnoses made in hospitals and GP surgeries across the UK.
The research will develop new methods to evaluate the accuracy of sequences of diagnostic tests. It will make systematic reviews of diagnostic practices which will allow for a more comprehensive evaluation of specific medical tools.
The results of these reviews will then be pooled together to analyse medical techniques across the UK and made available nationally to inform good practice.
Nicola Novielli commented:
"Combinations of diagnostic tests are used every day in every clinical practice and are evaluated assuming that the tests are independent. This leads to inefficiencies that can be prevented. We suggest a tool that can contribute to a more efficient diagnosis."
This research is being presented to the public at the University of Leicester on June 24. The Festival of Postgraduate Research introduces employers and the public to the next generation of innovators and cutting-edge researchers, and gives postgraduate researchers the opportunity to explain the real world implications of their research to a wide ranging audience. http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/ssds/sd/pgr/events/fpgr
Utafiti mpya uliofanywa katika Chuo Kikuu cha Leicester, Uingereza, unaonyesha kwamba watu wengi wana matatizo ya akili. Utafiti wa taratibu za utambuzi ni muhimu kwa mazoezi ya kliniki kwa sababu husaidia kuongeza ufanisi wa matibabu ambayo hutolewa kwa wagonjwa. Kila siku watu wengi huathiriwa na magonjwa yanayotambuliwa na madaktari na wagonjwa wengine, na ni muhimu sana kwamba wagonjwa hao waelewe magonjwa yao. Nicola Novelli, mwanafunzi wa PhD katika Idara ya Sayansi ya Afya katika Chuo Kikuu cha Leicester, amefanya utafiti wa kutathmini usahihi wa utambuzi uliofanywa katika hospitali na upasuaji wa GP kote Uingereza. Utafiti huo utaendeleza mbinu mpya za kutathmini usahihi wa mfululizo wa vipimo vya utambuzi. Itakuwa kufanya ukaguzi utaratibu wa mazoea ya utambuzi ambayo itawezesha tathmini ya kina zaidi ya zana maalum za matibabu. Matokeo ya ukaguzi huu yatakusanywa pamoja ili kuchambua mbinu za matibabu nchini Uingereza na kutolewa kitaifa ili kuelezea mazoezi mazuri. "Nicola Novelli alisema: ""Mchanganyiko wa vipimo vya utambuzi hutumiwa kila siku katika kila mazoezi ya kliniki na hutathminiwa kwa kudhani kwamba vipimo ni huru." Hilo husababisha ukosefu wa ufanisi ambao waweza kuzuiwa. Tunapendekeza kifaa kinachoweza kuchangia utambuzi wenye ufanisi zaidi". Utafiti huo utawasilishwa kwa umma katika Chuo Kikuu cha Leicester tarehe 24 Juni. Tamasha la Utafiti wa Postgraduate linawasilisha waajiri na umma kwa kizazi kijacho cha wavumbuzi na watafiti wa makali, na huwapa watafiti wa postgraduate fursa ya kuelezea athari za ulimwengu halisi za utafiti wao kwa watazamaji mbalimbali. "Kama ilivyoelezwa katika ukurasa wa ""Mafunzo ya Usimamizi wa Usimamizi wa Usimamizi wa Usimamizi wa Usimamizi wa Usimamizi wa Usimamizi wa Usimamizi wa Usimamizi wa Usimamizi wa Usimamizi wa Usimamizi wa Usimamizi wa Usimamizi wa Usimamizi wa Usimamizi wa Usimamizi wa Usimamizi wa Usimamizi wa Usimamizi wa Usimamizi wa Usimamizi wa Usimamizi wa Usimamizi wa Usimamizi."""