Keywords:
Respiratory system, Digital radiography, Health policy and practice, Infection
Authors:
A. majeed; Islamabad/PK
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2013/C-0344
Results
The data was computerised,
edited and corrected for mistakes,
if any,
and analysed using SPSS package (13.0 version).
Linear trend in proportions was tested for significance using trend Chi-square.
The Chi-squared test of significance was applied to the difference in proportions of symptomatic individuals and cases among different classifications.
- The results showed a frequency and percentage of distribution by gender of patients as 55.9% for males and 44.1% for females.
- The cross tabulation between sputum test and culture test showed a sensitivity of 45.0%,
specificity of 50.0% ,
positive predictive values 75.38% and negative predictive value of 21.14%.
- The cross tabulation between smear test and culture test showed a sensitivity of 47.54%,
specificity of 47.25%,
positive predictive values 70.13% and negative predictive value of 14.92%.
- The cross tabulation between X-Ray and culture test showed a sensitivity of 98.46%,
specificity of 35.41%,
positive predictive values 83.81% and a negative predictive value of 87.17%.