Fifty years of Shannon information theory in assessing the accuracy and agreement of diagnostic tests

A Casagrande, F Fabris, R Girometti - Medical & Biological Engineering & …, 2022 - Springer
Since 1948, Shannon theoretic methods for modeling information have found a wide range
of applications in several areas where information plays a key role, which goes well beyond …

Beyond kappa: an informational index for diagnostic agreement in dichotomous and multivalue ordered-categorical ratings

A Casagrande, F Fabris, R Girometti - Medical & Biological Engineering & …, 2020 - Springer
Agreement measures are useful tools to both compare different evaluations of the same
diagnostic outcomes and validate new rating systems or devices. Cohen's kappa (κ) …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the Psychometric Properties and Clinical Utility of a Digital Psychosocial Self-Screening Tool (HEARTSMAP-U) for Postsecondary Students …

P Virk, R Arora, H Burt, C Finnamore… - JMIR Mental …, 2023 - mental.jmir.org
Background Existing screening tools for mental health issues among postsecondary
students have several challenges, including a lack of standardization and codevelopment by …

[HTML][HTML] Nonresponse Bias on Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals' Experience of Care Quality Measure Scores

AW Heinemann, A Deutsch, D Brewington… - … Research and Clinical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective To describe the magnitude of nonresponse bias on inpatient rehabilitation facility
(IRF) experience of care survey data in patients with neurologic disorders. Design Cohort …

Convergent validity of myheartsmap: a pediatric psychosocial health screening tool

E Lamoureux, T Ishikawa, KO Yeates… - Child Psychiatry & …, 2023 - Springer
Recognition of pediatric mental health concerns often depends on assessment by parents,
educators, and primary care professionals. Therefore, a psychosocial screening instrument …

Examining validity evidence of HEARTSMAP-U for psychosocial screening in the post-secondary educational context

PS Virk - 2023 - open.library.ubc.ca
Background: The prevalence of reported mental health concerns is rising among post-
secondary students. Screening instruments can help identify these concerns and connect …

[PDF][PDF] The Mutual Information Approach for Determining the Strength of Associations Between Features of Clinical Depression

A Aghaulor - NIPES-Journal of Science and Technology …, 2021 - journals.nipes.org
This study addresses a crucial challenge relating to key predictors and their association with
human depression using information theory, focusing on mutual information. Mutual …