Agreement Between Self-Reported Antirheumatic Medications and Pharmaceutical Claims in an Australian Inflammatory Arthritis Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess agreement between prescription claims data and self-reported medication use via longitudinal questionnaires in the Australian Rheumatology Association Database inflammatory arthritis cohort and to identify predictors of discordant self-reports.

Methods

Agreement was determined between longitudinal questionnaire self-reports (2012-2023) of disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD), glucocorticoid, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic use and Australian reference standard prescription medication dispensing data (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) using Cohen's kappa, sensitivity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV). Analyses were repeated using four look-back windows of dispensing data (1, 3, 6, and 12 months) before each questi

SUBMITTER: Lynch T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12532489 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature