Validation of maternal recall of early pregnancy medication exposure using prospective diary data.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Data about maternal recall accuracy for classifying early pregnancy medication exposure are meager. Nonetheless, studies often rely on recall to evaluate potential impact of pharmaceuticals on the developing fetus.

Methods

Right from the Start is a community-based pregnancy cohort that enrolled women from North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. A subset of 318 women participated in daily medication diaries initiated before conception (2006-2012). We examined nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) as an example of a drug type that is difficult to study due to its intermittent and primarily over-the-counter use as well as its incomplete documentation in medical and pharmaceutical records. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) were assessed as a prescripti

SUBMITTER: Sundermann AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5685497 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature