COMPLETENESS AND ACCURACY OF INTERVIEW DATA FROM PROXY RESPONDENTS - DEMOGRAPHIC, MEDICAL, AND LIFE-STYLE FACTORS
COMPLETENESS AND ACCURACY OF INTERVIEW DATA FROM PROXY RESPONDENTS - DEMOGRAPHIC, MEDICAL, AND LIFE-STYLE FACTORS
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DOI：
10.1097/00001648-199403000-00011
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发表时间：
1994-03-01
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影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
VANBELLE, G
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作者：
NELSON, LM;LONGSTRETH, WT;VANBELLE, G
To evaluate the quality of exposure data provided by proxy respondents, we used a dual interview protocol in a case-control study of subarachnoid hemorrhage. All control subjects and their proxy respondents were interviewed (N = 283 control-proxy pairs), as were the cases who were able to provide their own information and their proxy respondents (N = 68 case-proxy pairs). The reliability of proxy derived data was excellent for demographic and body habitus measures (kappa or intraclass correlation range = 0.86-0.99), and all aspects of cigarette smoking history (range = 0.79-0.93). Proxy reliability was somewhat lower for questions regarding medications and hormone preparations (range = 0.55-0.88), alcohol consumption (range = 0.52-0.82), and recreational physical activity (range = 0.55-0.67). Proxy reliability varied according to the relationship of the proxy to the index subject. Relative to the index subjects, proxy respondents tended to underreport the presence or level of exposure. For most exposures, adds ratios computed with proxy derived data were similar in magnitude to odds ratios obtained with index subject data; important bias due to differential nonre sponse or differential misclassification was suggested only for questions regarding hormone replacement therapy. Epidemiologic studies that rely on proxy respondents may require more subjects to offset the effect of nondifferential nonresponse and misclassification on the precision of effect estimates.
