Agreement between self-report and medical records on signs and symptoms of respiratory illness

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-152

  Barbara, Angela M ^a   Loeb, Mark ^a   Dolovich, Lisa ^b   Brazil, Kevin ^c   Russell, Margaret ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agreement; Medical records; Respiratory illness; Self report; Signs; Symptom

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL RECORD; MYALGIA; OTALGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHINORRHEA; SELF REPORT; SINUSITIS; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; EARACHE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; PHARYNGITIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862675573     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00098     Document Type: Review

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