Are self-reported medical conditions and medicine use from middle-aged and older adults credible? A validation study comparing Danish SHARE-data with National Health Register data

CONCLUSIONS: Although Danish data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe on medical conditions and medicine vary, the data are valid for epidemiological use for most medicine data, and for diseases associated with hospitalizations or influencing everyday life. Caution is warranted for self-reported data from 70+ year olds and people with lower educational level.PMID:37903678 | DOI:10.1016/j.annepidem.2023.09.009

Source: Annals of Epidemiology - October 30, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jens Mose Kasper Hoffmann Jensen Lasse Lybecker Scheel-Hincke Karen Andersen-Ranberg Source Type: research