Signal detection on spontaneous reports of adverse events following immunisation: A comparison of the performance of a disproportionality-based algorithm and a time-to-onset-based algorithm

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 178-185

  Van Holle, Lionel ^a   Bauchau, Vincent ^a  

^a GSK   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Disproportionality; Kolmogorov Smirnov; Pharmacoepidemiology; Pharmacovigilance; Signal detection; Time to onset; Vaccine safety

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS A HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; RECOMBINANT HEPATITIS B VACCINE; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; VACCINE; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DISPROPORTIONALITY BASED ALGORITHM; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SIGNAL DETECTION; TIME TO ONSET BASED ALGORITHM; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

DISPROPORTIONALITY; KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PHARMACOVIGILANCE; SIGNAL DETECTION; TIME-TO-ONSET; VACCINE SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION; VACCINES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892877974     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.3502     Document Type: Article

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