Assessing the Reliability of Reported Medical History in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Age-associated increases in medical complexity, frailty, and cognitive impairment may compromise reliable reporting of medical history.

Objective

To evaluate the influence of increasing age and cognitive impairment on concordance between reported history of stroke and cerebral infarction, and reported history of diabetes and elevated hemoglobinA1c in community-dwelling older adults.

Methods

The association between participant-specific factors and accurate reporting of stroke or diabetes was evaluated using multivariable logistic regression in 1,401 participants enrolled in longitudinal studies of memory and aging, including 425 participants with dementia (30.3%). Stroke and diabetes were selected as index variables as gold standard measures of both were obt

SUBMITTER: Day GS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7669691 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature