What question did this study set out to answer?

To investigate the discrepancies between patient-reported symptoms on an Eye Symptom Questionnaire and those recorded in electronic medical records.

January 26, 2017JAMA OphthalmologyOpen Access

Agreement of Ocular Symptom Reporting Between Patient-Reported Outcomes and Medical Records

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Observational study explores inconsistencies in symptom reporting between questionnaire and EMR, indicating documentation challenges.

To investigate the discrepancies between patient-reported symptoms on an Eye Symptom Questionnaire and those recorded in electronic medical records.
Observational study involving 192 patients at Kellogg Eye Center
Symptom concordance analyzed using κ statistics and McNemar tests
Logistic regression assessed factors associated with symptom reporting discrepancies.
33.8% had discordant reporting of blurry vision; 48.1% for glare; 26.5% for pain or discomfort; 24.7% for redness
Poor to fair agreement on symptoms with κ ranging from -0.02 to 0.42
Increased odds of not reporting blurry vision in EMR during return visits (OR 5.25; 95% CI 1.69-16.30; P=0.045).

Valikodath et al. (2017) studied this question.

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