Validity of self-reported diagnoses leading to hospitalization: A comparison of self-reports with hospital records in a prospective study of American adults

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 969-977

  Bergmann, Manuela M ^a   Byers, Tim ^b   Freedman, David S ^b   Mokdad, Ali ^b  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Epidemiologic methods; Hospital records; Prospective studies; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CATARACT; COLON CANCER; COLON POLYP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PROSTATE CANCER; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; STROKE; ULCER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032523923     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009387     Document Type: Article

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