From: General practitioners' reasoning when considering the diagnosis heart failure: a think-aloud study
CV2 | CV6 | CV3 | CV5 | CV4 | CV1 | |
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CHF | CHF | CHF | Not CHF | Not CHF | Not CHF | |
Total number of arguments used by the GPs (proportion of arguments for CHF) | 60 (98%) | 52 (75%) | 54 (85%) | 57 (44%) | 63 (70%) | 63 (75%) |
Number of GPs classifying the patient as CHF | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
Uncertain, no classification | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Correct diagnoses of CHF cases and not CHF cases (proportion of correct diagnoses) | 37/45 (82%) | 18/45 (40%) | ||||
Correct diagnoses, all judgements (proportion of correct diagnoses) | 55/90 (61%) |