Self-reported medication use among coronary heart disease patients showed high validity compared with dispensing data

To validate self-reported use of medications for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) in a population-based health study by comparing self-report with pharmacy dispensing data, and explore different methods for defining medication use in prescription databases.

Source: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology - February 24, 2021 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Elisabeth Pedersen, Kieu Nhi Lise Truong, Beate Hennie Garcia, Kjell H. Halvorsen, Kristian Svendsen, Anne Elise Eggen, Marit Waaseth Tags: Original Article Source Type: research