Agreement between self-reported and registered age at asthma diagnosis in Finland.
Age at diagnosis
Agreement
Asthma
Health register
Questionnaire
Reliability
Journal
BMC pulmonary medicine
ISSN: 1471-2466
Titre abrégé: BMC Pulm Med
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100968563
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 Mar 2024
15 Mar 2024
Historique:
received:
20
09
2023
accepted:
04
03
2024
medline:
18
3
2024
pubmed:
16
3
2024
entrez:
16
3
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
In epidemiological studies, the age at asthma onset is often defined by patients' self-reported age at diagnosis. The reliability of this report might be questioned. Our objective was to evaluate the agreement between self-reported and registered age at asthma diagnosis and assess features contributing to the agreement. As part of the FinEsS respiratory survey in 2016, randomly selected population samples of 13,435 from Helsinki and 8000 from Western Finland were studied. Self-reported age at asthma diagnosis was compared to age at asthma diagnosis registered in the Finnish register on special reimbursement for asthma medication. The reimbursement right is based on lung function criteria according to GINA and Finnish guidelines. If the difference was less than 5 years, self-reported diagnosis was considered reliable. Features associated with the difference between self-reported and registered age at asthma diagnosis were evaluated. Altogether 197 subjects from Helsinki and 144 from Western Finland were included. Of these, 61.9% and 77.8%, respectively, reported age at diagnosis reliably. Median difference between self-reported and registered age at diagnoses was - 2.0 years (IQR - 9.0 to 0) in Helsinki and - 1.0 (IQR - 4.3 to 0) in Western Finland indicating earlier self-reported age at diagnosis. More reliable self-report was associated with non-allergic subjects and subjects who reported having asthma diagnosis more recently. Agreement between self-reported and registered age at asthma diagnosis was good especially with adult-onset asthma patients. Poor agreement in early-onset asthma could be related to delay in registration due to reimbursement criteria. Self-reported age at asthma diagnosis was compared with health register data.Agreement between self-report and register was good in adult-onset asthma.If the diagnosis was reported far in the past, agreement with register was poorer.
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Self-reported age at asthma diagnosis was compared with health register data.Agreement between self-report and register was good in adult-onset asthma.If the diagnosis was reported far in the past, agreement with register was poorer.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38491499
doi: 10.1186/s12890-024-02949-3
pii: 10.1186/s12890-024-02949-3
doi:
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Langues
eng
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