Adrian Richter, Sabina Ulbricht, Sarah Brockhaus
Categorization of continuous covariates and complex regression models-friends or foes in intersectionality research
Journal of clinical epidemiology
dermoscopy known increase diagnostic accuracy pigmented skin lesions psls used trained professionals effect dermoscopy training diagnostic ability dermal therapists dts studied far study aimed investigate whether dts comparison general practitioners gps benefited training programme including dermoscopy ability differentiate different forms psl assign correct therapeutic strategy total 24 dts 96 gps attended training programme psls diagnostic skills well therapeutic strategy assessed prior training pretest training posttest using clinical images alone well addition dermatoscopic images integrated posttest bayesian hypothesis testing used determine statistical significance differences pretest posttest integrated posttest scores dts gps demonstrated benefit training integrated posttest median proportion correctly diagnosed psls 73 range 3090 gps 63 range 2780 dts statistically significant difference pretest results integrated test results seen bayes factor 100 12 percentage points higher gps outperformed dts accuracy detecting psls study shows training programme focusing psls including dermoscopy positively impacts detection psls dts gps training programme could form integral part training dts screening procedures although additional research needed