Differences in Estimates of Post-Herpetic Neuralgia Between Medical Chart Review and Self-Report.
Hilary C TanenbaumAnna LawlessLina S SyVennis HongBradley K AckersonKatia J BruxvoortYi LuoHung Fu TsengPublished in: Journal of pain research (2020)
Our findings suggest that chart review underestimates cases among those less likely to seek health care, including males, the elderly, and unvaccinated individuals. The agreement between the methods indicates that each can provide a reasonable approximation of PHN, but analyses should carefully control for health-care utilization.