title: Canine atopic dermatitis diagnostic criteria: evaluation of four sets of published criteria among veterinary students.
abstract: Canine atopic dermatitis (cAD) is a major teaching point as its diagnosis and treatment are difficult. During 11 weeks, 140 dogs and students (third, fourth, and fifth years) were recruited and paired. One of the four lists of diagnostic criteria was randomly attributed to each student. Concordance results, calculated with Cohen's kappa, ranged from slight (κ=0.07) to moderate (κ=0.53). Favrot's diagnostic criteria received the best results. It has been observed that results are improved with clinical experience. We observed that students often forgot that Favrot's criteria apply only to pruritic dogs and that the fulfillment of the criteria allows only a suspicion, not a diagnosis, of cAD. Primary pruritus and corticosteroid-responsive pruritus were often misunderstood.
authors.forename: Lucile
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Le Roy
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Le Poder
authors.forename: Loïc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Desquilbet
authors.forename: Sebastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perrot
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cavana
authors.forename: Geneviève
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marignac
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004285:Dogs; D004520:Education, Veterinary; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards; D013337:Students, Medical
keywords: atopic dermatitis; carnivorous; dermatology; diagnostic criteria; dog; educational; veterinary education