Self-Reported Medication Use Validated Through Record Linkage to National Prescribing Data

Researchers need to be confident about the reliability of epidemiological studies that quantify medication use through self-report. Some evidence suggests that psychiatric medications are systemically under-reported. Modern record linkage enables validation of self-report with national prescribing data as gold standard. Here, we investigated the validity of medication self-report for multiple medication types.

Source: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology - October 30, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: J.D. Hafferty, A.I. Campbell, L.B. Navrady, M.J. Adams, D. MacIntyre, S.M. Lawrie, K. Nicodemus, D.J. Porteous, A.M. McIntosh Source Type: research