INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM SURROGATE RESPONDENTS IN CASE-CONTROL INTERVIEW STUDIES
INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM SURROGATE RESPONDENTS IN CASE-CONTROL INTERVIEW STUDIES
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DOI：
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113621
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发表时间：
1983-01-01
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
BLOT, WJ
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作者：
PICKLE, LW;BROWN, LM;BLOT, WJ
对致命疾病的流行病学研究往往要求向已故或残疾患者的亲属或朋友寻求信息。在最近的3项病例对照研究中，对几种类型的代孕受访者提供有关其近亲的吸烟、职业、病史和人口统计特征的信息的能力进行了评估，这些研究涉及对2606人的采访。代孕者提供这种信息的能力因主题、要求的详细程度、种族、性别、年龄和研究领域而异，但受受访者类型的影响最大。SIB对S的直系亲属或早年生活中发生的事件的回答能力最强，而配偶和子女对成年生活中发生的事件的描述能力最强。本文提出了几点建议，以改进未来访谈研究的设计。
Epidemiologic studies of fatal diseases often require that information be sought from relatives or friends of deceased or disabled patients. The ability of several types of surrogate respondents to provide information on the smoking, occupational, medical history, and demographic characteristics of their next of kin was evaluated in 3 recent case-control studies involving interviews with 2606 individuals. The ability of the surrogates to provide this information varied by topic, degree of detail requested, race, sex, age, and study area, but was most affected by the type of respondent. Sibs were best able to respond to questions about the subject''s immediate family or events that occurred during early life, while spouses and offspring were best able to describe events that occurred during adult life. Several recommendations are made to improve the design of future interview studies.