Self-report of chronic diseases in old-aged individuals: extent of agreement with general practitioner medical records in the German AugUR study.
Anna B SteinkirchnerMartina E ZimmermannFerdinand J DonhauserAlexander DietlCaroline BrandlMichael KollerJulika LossIris M HeidKlaus J StarkPublished in: Journal of epidemiology and community health (2022)
Self-reports may be an effective tool to assess diabetes and cancer in observational studies in the old and very old aged. In contrast, self-reports on heart failure, musculoskeletal, kidney or lung diseases may be substantially imprecise.
Keyphrases
- heart failure
- type diabetes
- papillary thyroid
- cardiovascular disease
- adverse drug
- magnetic resonance
- left ventricular
- emergency department
- squamous cell
- glycemic control
- atrial fibrillation
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- weight loss
- young adults
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- electronic health record
- drug induced