Reliability of reported sunburn history in a case-control study of cutaneous malignant melanoma Journal Article
| Authors: | Berwick, M.; Chen, Y. T. |
| Article Title: | Reliability of reported sunburn history in a case-control study of cutaneous malignant melanoma |
| Abstract: | Reliability of reported sunburn history was assessed. Fifty cases and 50 controls were randomly selected from a population-based case-control study of skin examination practices and lethal melanoma in Connecticut. Eighty-two percent of these participants were interviewed from January 15, 1987, to May 15,1989, and reinterviewed in 1990. The kappa coefficients ranged between 0.37 and 0.57; the intraclass correlation coefficients were similar and ranged between 0.34 and 0.69. There were no significant differences found by case-control status or sex for any variables, and the degree of disagreement was similar for cases and controls and could be considered free of recall bias. Am J Epidemiol 1995;141:1033-7. © 1995 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. |
| Keywords: | adult; clinical article; controlled study; human tissue; aged; aged, 80 and over; case-control studies; anamnesis; united states; reproducibility of results; melanoma; skin neoplasms; risk factors; population risk; skin examination; reliability; cancer epidemiology; sunburn; precancerous conditions; recall; middle age; medical history taking; human; male; female; article; support, u.s. gov't, p.h.s. |
| Journal Title: | American Journal of Epidemiology |
| Volume: | 141 |
| Issue: | 11 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9262 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Date Published: | 1995-06-01 |
| Start Page: | 1033 |
| End Page: | 1037 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117367 |
| PUBMED: | 7771439 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 28 August 2018 -- Source: Scopus |
