Accounting for Misclassification and Selection Bias in Estimating Effectiveness of Self-managed Medication Abortion.

Ruvani T JayaweeraPatrick T BradshawCaitlin GerdtsIjeoma EgwuatuBélen GrossoIka KristianingrumSybil NmeziRuth ZurbriggenJennifer A Ahern Heidi Moseson

Published in: Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) (2022)

After adjustment for multiple potential sources of bias, estimates of self-managed medication abortion effectiveness remain high. Monte Carlo sensitivity analysis may be useful in studies measuring an epidemiologic proportion (i.e., effectiveness, prevalence, cumulative incidence) while accounting for possible selection or misclassification bias.

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
systematic review
monte carlo
risk factors
healthcare
adverse drug
emergency department
risk assessment
climate change