Publications by authors named "H Petursson"
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigates the reliability of Centor score assessments for sore throats during telemedicine visits compared to in-person evaluations to see if these methods yield consistent results.
- - Each patient underwent a telemedicine assessment followed by a blind in-person assessment, and the agreement between both methods was measured using Cohen's kappa coefficient, revealing a low reliability overall.
- - Results showed that telemedicine assessments are not reliable for determining Centor criteria in sore throat cases, with little difference in reliability between children and adults.
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