Agreement of self-reported medical history: Comparison of an in-person interview with a self-administered questionnaire

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 411-416

  Bergmann, Manuela M ^a   Jacobs, Eric J ^b   Hoffmann, Kurt ^a   Boeing, Heiner ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Interview; Questionnaire; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ASTHMA; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANCER; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; COLON POLYP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUODENUM ULCER; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAY FEVER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SELF REPORT; SKIN DISEASE; STOMACH ULCER; STROKE; THYROID DISEASE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; POSTAL SERVICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 3543011319     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJEP.0000027350.85974.47     Document Type: Review

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