Inter- and intraobserver agreement of antenatal cardiotocography assessments by maternity care professionals: A prospective study.

Objective: In the Netherlands, antenatal cardiotocography (aCTG) to assess fetal well-being is performed in obstetrician-led care. An innovative initiative was started to evaluate whether aCTG for specific indications-reduced fetal movements, external cephalic version, or postdate pregnancy-is feasible in non-obstetrician-led care settings by independent primary care midwives. Quality assessment is essential when reorganizing and shifting tasks and responsibilities.

Cultural competency of GP trainees and GP trainers: a cross-sectional survey study.

Objective: To assess the cultural competence (CC) of GP trainees and GP trainers. A cross-sectional survey study was conducted at the GP Training Institute of Amsterdam UMC.

Subjects: We included 92 GP trainees and 186 GP trainers.

Variability of Active Cervical Range of Motion Within and Between Days in Healthy Participants: A Prospective Observational Study.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the intraday and interday variability and systematic change over the day of active cervical range of motion (aCROM) measurements in asymptomatic persons using a clinically applicable measurement device.

Methods: A prospective observational study was performed. Sixteen adults (8 men and 8 women, median age 51 years) without neck pain in the last 3 months were recruited in 2 physiotherapy practices.

An artificial intelligence method using FDG PET to predict treatment outcome in diffuse large B cell lymphoma patients.

Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) may improve response prediction in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of a CNN using maximum intensity projection (MIP) images from F-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) baseline scans to predict the probability of time-to-progression (TTP) within 2 years and compare it with the International Prognostic Index (IPI), i.e.

Studies on Reliability and Measurement Error of Measurements in Medicine - From Design to Statistics Explained for Medical Researchers.

Reliability and measurement error are measurement properties that quantify the influence of specific sources of variation, such as raters, type of machine, or time, on the score of the individual measurement. Several designs can be chosen to assess reliability and measurement error of a measurement. Differences in design are due to specific choices about which sources of variation are varied over the repeated measurements in stable patients, which potential sources of variation are kept stable (ie, restricted), and about whether or not the entire measurement instrument (or measurement protocol) was repeated or only part of it.