High agreement of self-report and physician-diagnosed somatic conditions yields limited bias in examining mental-physical comorbidity

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 558-565

  Baumeister, Harald ^a   Kriston, Levente ^b   Bengel, Jürgen ^a   Härter, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Epidemiology; Mental disorders; Misclassification; Self report; Somatic disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MISCLASSIFICATION BIAS; MOOD DISORDER; NEOPLASM; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949656226     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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