Agreement Between Self‐Report of Disease Diagnoses and Medical Record Validation in Disabled Older Women: Factors That Modify Agreement

Simpson, Crystal F.; Boyd, Cynthia M.; Carlson, Michelle C.; Griswold, Michael; Guralnik, Jack M.; Fried, Linda P.

doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52021.x

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“…Other selected populations of the elderly have demonstrated that older age is associated with poor agreement between self-report and the medical record. (19,20) We also have shown that for most diseases we evaluated inaccurate reporting was associated with either a greater number of comorbid diseases or a higher level of severity of disease. It may be that patients who are older, who also have been diagnosed with an average of five comorbid diseases, have a difficult time maintaining the broad knowledge base required to communicate these diverse conditions.…”

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“…The agreement between self-report and the medical record is similar to that found in other studies using a variety of terms to describe lung disease. (19,20,(26)(27)(28)(29) However, it is possible that if the term used were not recognized then a patient may be misclassified as inaccurate, when they actually were aware of their comorbid disease. Given the structure of the survey question it is less likely that an inaccurate patient would be misclassified as accurate.…”

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Accuracy of Patients' Reports of Comorbid Disease and Their Association With Mortality in ESRD

Cavanaugh

Merkin

Plantinga

et al. 2008

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

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Accuracy of Patients' Reports of Comorbid Disease and Their Association With Mortality in ESRD

Cavanaugh

Merkin

Plantinga

et al. 2008

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

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“…Assessment of chronic medical conditions relied on self-report rather than official medical records; however, research has demonstrated high concordance rates between self-reported medical conditions and medical records and agreement is especially high for stroke (Horner, Cohen, & Blazer, 2001;Okura, Urban, Mahoney, Jacobsen, & Rodeheffer, 2004;Simpson, Boyd, Carlson, Griswold, Guralnik, & Fried, 2004), heart attack (Okura et al, 2004), cancer (Simpson et al, 2004), and diabetes (Kehoe, Wu, Leske, & Chylack, 1994;Kriegsman, Penninx, van Eijk, Boeke, & Deeg, 1996;Simpson et al, 2004). Given that NCS-R respondents were limited to persons living in non-institutionalized households, it is expected that the sample represents the healthiest in terms of their chronic medical conditions, thus it is unclear how these findings would compare to research within health care settings.…”

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Does number of lifetime traumas explain the relationship between PTSD and chronic medical conditions? Answers from the National Comorbidity Survey-Replication (NCS-R)

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The present study sought to extend prior research by using data from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) to examine the relationship between number of lifetime traumas, PTSD and fifteen self-reported chronic medical conditions. The goal was to determine whether the commonly found relationship between PTSD symptomatology and physical health were better explained by the number of lifetime traumas experienced. The NCS-R is a representative U.S. household survey that assessed lifetime experience of a variety of traumas, lifetime diagnosis of PTSD and fifteen chronic medical conditions (e.g. pain conditions, cardiovascular disorders, etc.). Two major findings emerged: 1) there was a graded relationship between trauma exposure, PTSD, and the majority of chronic medical conditions where individuals with PTSD had the highest likelihood of chronic medical condition and non-traumatized individuals had the lowest risk and; 2) with the exception of headaches, the relationship between PTSD and chronic medical conditions was explained by the number of lifetime traumas experienced when analyses were subset to traumatized individuals. The present study supports prior research suggesting that multiple traumas have a cumulative effect on physical health. The impact of trauma on health may be independent of PTSD symptomatology. Keywords trauma; PTSD; chronic medical conditions; National Comorbidity Survey-Replication Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects 6.8% to 7.8% of the U.S. population during their lifetime (Cox, 2002;Kessler, Berglund, Demler, Jin, & Walters, 2005) and is recognized as an expensive form of psychiatric disability (Marciniak, Lage, Dunayevich, Russell, Bowman, Landbloom et al., 2005;Walker, Katon, Russo, Ciechanowski, Newman, & Wagner, 2003). According to one estimate, the annual cost of anxiety disorders in the U.S. was approximately $42.3 billion in mental and physical health services, with PTSD ranking as the highest in terms of per person health care expenditures (Greenberg, Sisitsky, Kessler, Finkelstein, Berndt, Davidson et al., 1999). Further, the majority of the economic burden (54%) is due to direct nonpsychiatric health care costs such as primary care and emergency room visits (Greenberg et al., 1999). Numerous studies have shown a consistent association between PTSD and both self-reported measures of physical health such as chronic pain, back problems and general physical complaints (Asmundson, Coons, Taylor, & Katz, 2002;Beckham, Crawford, Feldman, Kirby, Hertzberg, Davidson et al., 1997;McWilliams, Cox, & Enns, 2003; RoyByrne, Smith, Goldberg, Afari, & Buchwald, 2004 Goldberg, 2006;Vedantham, Brunet, Boyer, Weiss, Metzler, & Marmar, 2001;Wagner, Wolfe, Rotnitsky, Proctor, & Erickson, 2000;Wolfe, Schnurr, Brown, & Furey, 1994;Zoellner, Goodwin, & Foa, 2000) as well as a range of physician-diagnosed disorders such as cardiovascular/circulatory, autoimmune, musculoskeletal, digestive and respiratory disorders (Boscarino, 1997(Boscarino, , 2004Goodwin & Davidson, 2005;Ka...

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“…Most reliability or validation studies of selfreported chronic diseases compare participant self-report with the medical record, however comparisons with a clinical examination (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7) and also administrative data have been performed. (8)(9)(10) When comparing the medical record with patient self-report, some studies found good agreement for diabetes, hypertension, myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular disease (1,(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16), while others found lower agreement for some of these same conditions. (5,7,9,10,14,(17)(18)(19) Agreement between self-report and the medical record varies, depending upon the specific disease that is being evaluated.…”

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Agreement of self-reported comorbid conditions with medical and physician reports varied by disease among end-stage renal disease patients

Merkin

Cavanaugh

Longenecker

et al. 2007

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

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Objective: To compare self-report of eight diseases with review of medical records and physician reports. Study Design and Setting:In a cohort of 965 incident end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients (CHOICE study), data on existing medical conditions were obtained from medical record abstraction, physician report (CMS Form 2728), and self-report in a baseline questionnaire. We evaluated agreement with kappa statistics and sensitivity of self-report. Regression models were used to examine characteristics associated with agreement. Results:The results showed excellent or substantial agreement between self-report and the medical record for diabetes (Kappa statistic (k)=0.93) and coronary artery intervention (k=0.79) and poor agreement for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (k=0.20). Physician-reported prevalence for all diseases was equal or lower than that by self-report. Male patients were more likely to inaccurately report hypertension. Compared to White patients, African American patients were more likely to inaccurately report cardiovascular diseases. Conclusion:In ESRD patients, self-report agreement with the medical record varies with the specific disease. Awareness of diseases of the cardiovascular system appears to be low. African American and male ESRD patients are at risk of low awareness of disease and educational interventions are needed in this high-risk population.

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Agreement Between Self‐Report of Disease Diagnoses and Medical Record Validation in Disabled Older Women: Factors That Modify Agreement

Abstract: In disabled older women, self-report of physician diagnosis of HF, PD, DM, cancer, stroke, and DD appears valid. In general, increasing comorbidity and age and decreasing cognition and education do not reduce validity for diseases where agreement was excellent overall.

Cited by 282 publications

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Accuracy of Patients' Reports of Comorbid Disease and Their Association With Mortality in ESRD

Accuracy of Patients' Reports of Comorbid Disease and Their Association With Mortality in ESRD

Does number of lifetime traumas explain the relationship between PTSD and chronic medical conditions? Answers from the National Comorbidity Survey-Replication (NCS-R)

Agreement of self-reported comorbid conditions with medical and physician reports varied by disease among end-stage renal disease patients

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