ReviewAnnals of epidemiology2016
The validity of self-reported behaviors: methods for estimating underreporting of risk behaviors.
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- Measuring HIV Risk Perception and Behavior: Results from Round 1 of the Cognitive Interviewing Project with young women and men who have sex with men in South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2020Article
- A comparison of the utility of urine- and hair testing in detecting self-reported drug use among young adult opioid users.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2019Article
- A Prospective Cohort Study of Fertility Desire, Unprotected Sex, and Detectable Viral Load in HIV-Positive Female Sex Workers in Mombasa, Kenya.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeWhen individuals underreport risk behaviors, data gathered from public health research and practice will underestimate risk. To date, there is little guidance on if or how reports can be adjusted to better reflect true levels of a risk behavior in a given cohort, sample or, by extension, population.
methodsWe develop the underreporting correction factor (UCF), which can be used to correct estimates of the prevalence of a risk behavior using self-report of the behavior and a specific (but not necessarily sensitive) biomarker. The UCF rests on three assumptions: (1) there is no overreporting of the behavior, (2) the biomarker can only be acquired if the person engages in the behavior, and (3) the presence of the biomarker does not affect reporting of the behavior. We investigate the sensitivity of the UCF to violation of these assumptions and develop confidence intervals for the UCF and the corrected prevalence of the behavior.
resultsThe UCF is most sensitive to the second assumption (biomarker perfectly specific). We apply the UCF to estimates of sexual risk behaviors in various settings using a variety of biomarkers.
conclusionsImplementation of the UCF corrects for underreporting and more accurately quantifies risk in cohorts.
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