Validity of Self-Reported Medication Use Compared with Pharmacy Records in a Cohort of Older Women: Findings from the Women's Health Initiative

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 233-238

  Drieling, Rebecca L ^a,c   LaCroix, Andrea Z ^a,b,c,d   Beresford, Shirley A A ^a,c   Boudreau, Denise M ^a,d   Kooperberg, Charles ^a,c   Heckbert, Susan R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

data collection; medications; pharmacy records; questionnaires; self reporting; validity

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT;

AGE STRUCTURE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CALCITE; DATA ACQUISITION; DRUG; HEALTH CARE; MEDICINE; PHOSPHATE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MAILED MEDICATION INVENTORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; PHARMACY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCRIPTION; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT DURATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VALIDATION STUDY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DATA COLLECTION; DIPHOSPHONATES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84982955507     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv446     Document Type: Article

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