Accuracy of the Lombardy Mesothelioma Registry: comparison with the autopsy database of Pavia University (Lombardy Region, Northern Italy).

IF 1.2 4区 医学 Q4 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Silvia Damiana Visonà, Maria Chiara Pace, Dario Consonni, Carolina Mensi
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Abstract

Objectives: to evaluate the accuracy (completeness of case recording and diagnostic quality) of the Lombardy Mesothelioma Registry (Registro Mesoteliomi Lombardia, RML) through a comparison with the autopsy database of Pavia University (years 2000-2016).

Design: validation study.

Setting and participants: all mesothelioma records with incidence date between 01.01.2000 and 16.09.2016 were extracted from the RML. They were cross-referenced with deaths from any asbestos-related disease subjected to a forensic autopsy extracted from the archive of the Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine of Pavia University.

Main outcomes measures: using the postmortem diagnosis by Pavia University as the gold standard, RML sensitivity and specificity and their 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) were calculated using the Agresti-Coull formula.

Results: based on 141 deaths, the RML showed very good accuracy: specificity was 100% (95%CI 87%-100%; 32/32 deaths) and sensitivity 94% (95%CI 87%-97%; 102/109 deaths). The 7 false negative cases either were missed by the RML (N. 4) or had been wrongly classified as non-mesotheliomas (N. 3) because the diagnosis was made or confirmed only postmortem after a forensic autopsy.

Conclusions: RML accuracy (completeness and diagnostic quality) was very high. No false positive was found and the few false negatives were due to lack of notification of mesotheliomas diagnosed postmortem to the registry. Forensic pathologists should be made aware that mesothelioma notification to the regional mesothelioma registry is important and compulsory.

伦巴第间皮瘤登记处的准确性:与帕维亚大学(意大利北部伦巴第大区)尸检数据库的比较。
目的:通过与帕维亚大学的尸检数据库(2000-2016年)进行比较,评估伦巴第间皮瘤登记处(Registro Mesoteliomi Lombardia,RML)的准确性(病例记录的完整性和诊断质量)。这些记录与从帕维亚大学公共卫生、实验和法医医学系档案中提取的任何经法医尸检的石棉相关疾病死亡病例进行交叉比对。主要结果测量:以帕维亚大学的尸检诊断为金标准,使用 Agresti-Coull 公式计算 RML 的敏感性和特异性及其 95% 置信区间 (95%CI)。结果:根据 141 例死亡病例,RML 显示出非常高的准确性:特异性为 100%(95%CI 87%-100%;32/32 例死亡病例),敏感性为 94%(95%CI 87%-97%;102/109 例死亡病例)。7例假阴性病例要么被RML漏诊(4例),要么被错误地归类为非间皮瘤(3例),因为诊断是在法医尸检后才做出或确认的:RML的准确性(完整性和诊断质量)非常高。没有发现假阳性,少数假阴性是由于死后诊断的间皮瘤没有通知登记处。法医病理学家应该意识到,向地区间皮瘤登记处通报间皮瘤是重要的,也是强制性的。
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Epidemiologia & Prevenzione
Epidemiologia & Prevenzione 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生
CiteScore
2.60
自引率
14.30%
发文量
0
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: Epidemiologia & Prevenzione, oggi organo della Associazione italiana di epidemiologia, raccoglie buona parte delle migliori e originali esperienze italiane di ricerca epidemiologica e di studio degli interventi per la prevenzione e la sanità pubblica. La rivista – indicizzata su Medline e dotata di Impact Factor – è un canale importante anche per la segnalazione al pubblico internazionale di contributi che altrimenti circolerebbero soltanto in Italia. E&P in questi decenni ha svolto una funzione di riferimento per la sanità pubblica ma anche per i cittadini e le loro diverse forme di aggregazione. Il principio che l’ha ispirata era, e rimane, che l’epidemiologia ha senso se è funzionale alla prevenzione e alla sanità pubblica e che la prevenzione ha ben poche possibilità di realizzarsi se non si fonda su valide basi scientifiche e se non c’è la partecipazione di tutti i soggetti interessati. Modalità di comunicazione aggiornate, metodologia statistica ed epidemiologica rigorosa, validità degli studi e solidità delle interpretazioni dei risultati sono la solida matrice su cui E&P è costruita. A questa si accompagna una forte responsabilità etica verso la salute pubblica, che oggi ha ampliato in forma irreversibile il suo orizzonte, e include in forma sempre più consapevole non solo gli esseri umani, ma l’intero pianeta e le modificazioni che l’uomo apporta all’universo in cui vive. L’ambizione è che l’offerta di nuovi strumenti di comunicazione, informazione e formazione, soprattutto attraverso l''uso di internet, renda la rivista non solo un tradizionale veicolo di contenuti e analisi scientifiche, ma anche un potente strumento a disposizione di una comunità di interessi e di valori che ha a cuore la salute pubblica.
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