Oral contraceptive use: Interview data versus pharmacy records

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1033-1037

  Norell, Staffan E ^a   Boethius, Göran ^b   Persson, Ingemar ^c  

^a Östersund Hospital ^*  (Sweden)

^b ÖSTERSUND HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Bias; Interviews; Oral contraceptives; Pharmacy records; Recall

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL;

ACCEPTORS--WOMEN; BIAS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE--WOMEN; DATA COLLECTION; DATA SOURCES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ERROR SOURCES; EUROPE; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS; MEASUREMENT; NORTHERN EUROPE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCANDINAVIA; STUDIES; SURVEYS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PHARMACY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032440332     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.6.1033     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Skegg DCG. Potential for bias in case-control studies of oral contraceptives and breast cancer. Am J Epidemiol 1988;127:205-12.
2. Nischan P, Ebeling K, Thomas DB, Hirsch U. Comparison of recalled and validated oral contraceptive histories. Am J Epidemiol 1993;138: 697-703.
3. Glass R, Johnson B, Vessey M. Accuracy of recall histories of oral contraceptive use. Br J Prev Soc Med 1974;28:273-75.
4. Stolley PD, Tonascia JA, Sartwell PE et al. Agreement rates between oral contraceptive users and prescribers in relation to drug use histories. Am J Epidemiol 1978;107:226-35.
5. Rosenberg MJ, Layde PM, Ory HW, Strauss LT, Bourne Rookes J, Rubin GL. Agreement between women's histories of oral contraceptive use and physician records. Int J Epidemiol 1983;12:84-87.
6. Coulter A, Vessey M, McPherson K, Crossley B. The ability of women to recall their oral contraceptive histories. Contraception 1986;33: 127-37.
7. Boethius G, Wiman F. Recording of drug prescriptions in the county of Jämtland, Sweden: I. Methodological aspects. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 1977;12:31-35.
8. Meirik O, Lund E, Adami H-O, Bergström R, Christoffersen T, Bergsjö P. Oral contraceptive use and breast cancer in young women. A joint national case-control study in Sweden and Norway. Lancet 1986; ii:650-54.
9. UK National Case-control Study Group. Oral contraceptive use and breast cancer risk in young women. Lancet 1989;i:973-82.
10. Rookus MA, van Leeuwen FE, for the Netherlands Oral Contraceptives and Breast Cancer Study Group. Oral contraceptives and risk of breast cancer in women aged 20-54 years. Lancet 1994;344:844-51.
11. Rothman KJ. Modern Epidemiology. Boston: Little, Brown, 1986.
12. Armitage P. Statistical Methods in Medical Research. New York: John Wiley, 1971.
13. Bean JA, Leeper JD, Wallace RB, Sherman BM, Jagger H. Variations in the reporting of menstrual histories. Am J Epidemiol 1979;109: 181-85.
14. Adam SA, Sheaves JK, Wright NH, Mosser G, Harris RW, Vessey MP. A case-control study of the possible association between oral contraceptives and malignant melanoma. Br J Cancer 1981;44:45-50.