Validity of self-reported hospital admissions in clinical trials depends on recall period length and individual characteristics

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 446-454

  Seidl, Hildegard ^a   Meisinger, Christa ^b   Kirchberger, Inge ^b   Burkhardt, Katrin ^b   Kuch, Bernhard ^c   Holle, Rolf ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^c Donau Ries Kliniken   (Germany)

Author keywords

elderly; recall bias; recall period; self reported hospital admissions; validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERVIEW; RECALL; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84952701041     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12506     Document Type: Article

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