The reliability of self-reporting chronic diseases: how reliable is the result of population-based cohort studies

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the reliability of self-reporting chronic diseases in the baseline data of the Ravansar Non-Communicable Diseases (RaNCD) cohort study in Kermanshah province, western Iran. METHODS: The study was conducted in RaNCD cohort study. To assess the reliability of self-report of chr...

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Autores principales: NAJAFI, F., MORADINAZAR, M., HAMZEH, B., REZAEIAN, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pacini Editore Srl 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6953454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31967092
http://dx.doi.org/10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2019.60.4.1118
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Sumario:OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the reliability of self-reporting chronic diseases in the baseline data of the Ravansar Non-Communicable Diseases (RaNCD) cohort study in Kermanshah province, western Iran. METHODS: The study was conducted in RaNCD cohort study. To assess the reliability of self-report of chronic disease, a random sample of 202 participants were asked about some of chronic conditions 30-35 days (mean = 32) after recruitment. RESULTS: A range of kappa agreement between 39.52-100%, which the lower statistics was for hypertension and hepatitis and the higher one for cancer, cardiac ischemic, and diabetes. CONCLUSION: The self-report of chronic diseases was relatively reliable. Therefore self-reporting data for some conditions can be used in situations where the validity is acceptable.

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