Confiabilidade da informação sobre uso recente de medicamentos em um estudo caso-controle de base hospitalar

Cadernos de Saúde Pública

Evandro Da S. F. Coutinho²  Sidney Dutra Da Silva¹  Carlos Henrique Assunção Paiva¹  Gustavo Gouvea De Freitas¹  Luciano Pereira Miranda¹  Rosania Mendonça¹ 

[1] ,Fundação Oswaldo CruzRio de Janeiro RJ ,Brasil

关键词: Aged;    Drugs;    Domestic Accidents;    Case-Control Studies;    Idoso;    Medicamentos;    Acidentes Domésticos;    Estudos de Caso e Controle;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-311X1999000300012

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Accuracy of the information is essential to produce unbiased estimates of the association between exposure and outcome. We are carrying out a case-control study which aim is to investigate the association between the use of medication and falling injuries leading to hospitalisation in the elderly. As there is no gold-standard available, we estimated the reliability of the information on the use of these drugs within the 24 hours and two weeks before the fall using a test-retest strategy. Sixty-one individuals aged 60 years or more were re-interviewed within an interval of 5-7 days after the first interview. Kappa coefficients were high, showing a good consistence of collected data on medication recently used. Among the variables investigated, only gender showed an association with reliability of the information, which was more consistent among women compared to men.

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