ArticleBMC psychiatry2013
The relationship between self-reported and registry-based data on use of psychoactive medications in postmenopausal women.
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- A systematic review of medication exposure assessment in prospective cohort studies of community dwelling older australians.PloS one · 2015Pooled it
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- Factors Influencing Self-Reported Medication Use in the Survey of Health Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) Dataset.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Agreement between self-reported morbidity and pharmacy claims data for prescribed medications in an older community based population.BMC geriatrics · 2020Article
- Depression, falls, and fractures.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2020Article
- Self-reported medication use validated through record linkage to national prescribing data.Journal of clinical epidemiology · 2018Article
- Predictors of prescribed medication use for depression, anxiety, stress, and sleep problems in mid-aged Australian women.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2014Article
- Associations between medication use and homocysteine levels in an older population, and potential mediation by vitamin B12 and folate: data from the B-PROOF Study.Drugs & aging · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundSelf-report is commonly used as a source of information on the use of medicine. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between self-reported and register-based information on the use of psychoactive medication, especially in respect to antidepressants, and reasons of non-reporting.
methodsStudy subjects (n = 11,031) originated from a population-based cohort of postmenopausal women born in 1932-41 from Eastern Finland who responded to a postal enquiry in 1999. Self-reported currently used prescribed medications were compared to the National prescription register data. Diuretics served as a reference for psychoactive medications.
resultsOnly 44% out of 1,638 women reported their use of psychoactive medication when compared to the prescription register within a 4-month time window preceding their response to enquiry. Altogether, 55% out of 777 women reported their use of antidepressants and 29% out of 861 reported their use of other psychoactive medications. In comparison 83% reported their use of diuretics. After excluding the occasional use, an increase in sensitivity by approximately 10 percentage points was seen regardless of the group of psychoactive medication. High use and history of work disability pension due to psychiatric cause were associated with a much higher likelihood of reporting psychoactive medication use (for antidepressants 70% and 81%, respectively).
conclusionsFor research purposes, self-reported current use of psychoactive medication seems to be a sufficient indicator for regular use of antidepressants or in respect of use of any psychoactive medication, for subjects with severe psychiatric disease.
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