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ArticleJournal of aging and health2025

An Exploration of Methods to Resolve Inconsistent Self-Reporting of Chronic Conditions and Impact on Multimorbidity in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

Alessandra T Andreacchi, Alberto Brini, Edwin Van den Heuvel, Graciela Muniz-Terrera, Alexandra Mayhew, Philip St John, Lucy E Stirland, Lauren E Griffith

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Article in Journal of aging and health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Alessandra T AndreacchiDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6923-9245
Alberto BriniDepartment of Mathematics and Computer Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Edwin Van den HeuvelDepartment of Mathematics and Computer Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Graciela Muniz-TerreraHeritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA.
Alexandra MayhewDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Philip St JohnSection of Geriatric Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Lucy E StirlandCentre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Lauren E GriffithDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Impact · CAEindhoven University of Technology · NLOhio University · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Manitoba · CA

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/J000914/1MRF_ C0396
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo quantify inconsistent self-reporting of chronic conditions between the baseline (2011-2015) and first follow-up surveys (2015-2018) in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), and to explore methods to resolve inconsistent responses and impact on multimorbidity.

methodsCommunity-dwelling adults aged 45-85 years in the baseline and first follow-up surveys were included (

results32-40% of participants had at least one inconsistent response across all conditions. Illness-related information (e.g., taking medication) resolved most inconsistent responses (>93%) while computer-assisted software asking participants to confirm their inconsistent disease status resolved ≤53%. Using these adjudication methods, multimorbidity prevalence at follow-up increased by ≤1.6% compared to the prevalence without resolving inconsistent responses. DISCUSSION: Inconsistent self-reporting of chronic conditions is common but may not substantially affect multimorbidity prevalence. Future research should validate methods to resolve inconsistencies.

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MultimorbiditySelf ReportAgedAged, 80 and overAgingCanadaChronic DiseaseFemaleHumansIndependent LivingLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedPrevalenceCanadian longitudinal study on agingchronic diseaseCLSAmorbidity

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