Agreement between self-reported and register-based cardiovascular events among Danish breast cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We examined the degree of over- and under-reporting of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) among female breast cancer survivors comparing self-reports to diagnostic codes from the Danish National Patient Register (NPR).

Methods

The study comprised 357 Danish breast cancer patients from the WECARE study who completed a telephone interview concerning CVDs. Disease diagnoses for these women were obtained from the NPR. Agreement was calculated as the number of diagnoses that were both self-reported and in the NPR divided by (1) number of self-reported diagnoses (over-reporting) or (2) number of diagnoses in the NPR (under-reporting).

Results

In total, 68 women reported 96 specific cardiovascular outcomes of which 56 (58%) were found in the NPR. Ninety cardiovascular di

SUBMITTER: Langballe R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5790612 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature