ArticleJournal of epidemiology and community health1990
Use of questionnaires in a study of spontaneous abortion in a general population.
Article in Journal of epidemiology and community health, 1990. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Pregnancy outcomes in female hairdressers.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2010Article
- Validation of spontaneous abortion diagnoses in the Danish National Registry of Patients.Clinical epidemiology · 2010Article
- Shift work, nitrous oxide exposure, and spontaneous abortion among Swedish midwives.Occupational and environmental medicine · 1996Article
- A time to pregnancy questionnaire designed for long term recall: validity in Oxford, England.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 1995Article
- Epidemiological studies in monitoring reproductive effects.Environmental health perspectives · 1993Review
- Detection of agents causing genetic or reproductive damage.British journal of industrial medicine · 1992Article
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Abstract
STUDY
objectiveThe aim was to evaluate the appropriateness of postal questionnaires in studies of spontaneous abortion in a general population.
designSurvey of spontaneous abortions by comparing diagnoses reported in questionnaires to information collected from hospital records and a discharge register.
settingThe study took place in the general community.
participantsThe study involved a random sample of 1400 women born between 1935 and 1960, living in two towns in the south west of Sweden. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN
results9% of spontaneous abortions among respondents were not reported in the questionnaire, and 31% were missing in the register; 80% of the spontaneous abortions reported in the questionnaire could be verified in hospital records, and a further 7% were mentioned in the records but not certified by a doctor; 97% of the diagnoses received by the women who had answered affirmatively to two complementary questions on spontaneous abortions could be found in the records.
conclusionsPostal questionnaires can be used in epidemiological studies of spontaneous abortions, among a general population as well as among occupational groups.
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