Accuracy of self-reported stroke among elderly veterans

R. D. Horner; H. J. Cohen; D. G. Blazer

doi:10.1080/13607860120065041

Accuracy of self-reported stroke among elderly veterans

R. D. Horner, H. J. Cohen, D. G. Blazer

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The objective was to use secondary analysis of prevalence data from a prospective cohort study to ascertain the accuracy of self-reported stroke among veterans. The study comprised a community-dwelling population of 88 elderly veterans (from five counties in the Northern Piedmont of North Carolina, USA) who received health care at the local Veterans Health Administration (VHA) medical center and were respondents at the North Carolina site of the NIH-funded Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE) project. Self-report of stroke from the baseline interview of the EPESE project; and occurrence of stroke as verified by the national VHA hospital discharge database and the patients' medical records was measured. Results showed that self-report of stroke had a sensitivity of 86% and a specificity of 100%; the predictive value of a positive report was 100%. Veterans' self-reports of stroke are sufficiently accurate to use in preliminary epidemiological studies and health services research of cerebrovascular disease.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	275-281
Number of pages	7
Journal	Aging and Mental Health
Volume	5
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13607860120065041
State	Published - Aug 2001
Externally published	Yes

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Phychiatric Mental Health
Gerontology
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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