Validity of self-reported Helicobacter pylori eradication treatment from questionnaire and interview surveys of the JPHC-NEXT study: comparison with prescription history from insurance claims data

CONCLUSION: Both the questionnaire and the interview showed high sensitivity, high specificity, and good agreement with the insurance claim prescriptions data. Some participants may have received eradication treatment without going through the public insurance claim database, resulting in a low positive predictive value.PMID:38191180 | DOI:10.2188/jea.JE20230168

Source: Journal of Epidemiology - January 8, 2024 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Tomomi Kihara Kazumasa Yamagishi Takuya Imatoh Hikaru Ihira Atsushi Goto Hiroyasu Iso Norie Sawada Shoichiro Tsugane Manami Inoue Source Type: research