Agreement between self-reported and registered age at asthma diagnosis in Finland.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

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.

Methods

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 les

SUBMITTER: Nurmi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10943976 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature