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Scientific Article

A comparison of two scoring systems for endoscopic grading of gastric ulceration in horses

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Pages 19-22 | Received 06 Apr 2006, Accepted 15 Sep 2006, Published online: 18 Feb 2011
 

Abstract

AIM: To compare two scoring systems for grading gastric ulcers in adult horses.

METHODS: Digitised recordings of gastroscopy examinations of 22 horses that were part of a study on prevalence of gastric ulceration in racehorses in New Zealand were reviewed independently by three examiners. All stomachs were graded by each examiner using two different grading systems, the Equine Gastric Ulcer Council (EGUC) system and the Number/Severity (N/S) system.

RESULTS: All examiners commented that the EGUC system was quicker and easier to use. There was no significant difference between examiners in the grades assigned using the EGUC system (p=0.31) and the agreement between examiners was high (Kappa values of 0. 851vs2, 0.881vs3 and 0.802vs3). There was a significant difference between examiners in the grades assigned using the severity component of the N/S system (p=0.005).

CONCLUSIONS: The EGUC system was more repeatable, and was faster and easier to use than the N/S system.

CLINICAL RELEVANCE: The EGUC system is suitable as a standard scoring system due to its ease of use, and the repeatability and correlation of grades assigned between independent examiners. Use of a standard scoring system will more easily allow comparisons to be made between different research groups and clinicians.

Acknowledgements

Dr Nigel Perkins is thanked for statistical advice on aspects of reliability between observers, and Dr Alasdair Noble for further statistical guidance.

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