Reliability and validity of interview data on chronic diseases The mini-Finland health survey

doi:10.1016/0895-4356(93)90056-7

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volume 46, Issue 2, February 1993, Pages 181-191

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Abstract

The Mini-Finland Health Survey was designed to obtain a comprehensive picture of health and of the need for care in Finnish adults, and to develop methods for monitoring health in the population as a whole. Out of a nationally representative sample of 8000 people aged 30 or over, 7217 (90%) were both interviewed at home by local public health nurses using simple open-ended questions and, independently of this interview, subsequently examined in a two-phase health examination. The estimate of chronic morbidity based on the health interview (56%) was close to the prevalence of definite somatic diseases diagnosed in the health examination (54%), and the agreement between the two methods was moderate (kappa = 0.53). The estimated prevalence of cardiovascular diseases was the same (23%) in the health interview and in the health examination; the agreement was substantial (kappa = 0.74). The prevalence of respiratory and musculoskeletal diseases and mental disorders was underestimated in the interview by 52, 25 and 78%, respectively; the agreement between results of the two methods was relatively low (kappa = 0.43, 0.38 and 0.30, respectively). These results suggest that both the health examination and the health interview methods, as used in this survey, have useful applications in monitoring the population's health.

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Original articleReliability and validity of interview data on chronic diseases The mini-Finland health survey

Abstract

J Chron Dis

J Clin Epidemiol

A summary of studies of interviewing methodology

Health Surveys in Practice and in Potential: a Critical Review of their Scope and Methods

Agreement between questionnaire data and medical records: The evidence for accuracy of recall

Am J Epidemiol

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Am J Epidemiol

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J Chron Dis

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Public Health Rep

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Statistician

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Public Health Rep

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J Epidemiol Common Health

Validation of questionnaire information on risk factors and disease outcomes in a prospective cohort study of women

Am J Epidemiol

Health Services Use and Health Status Under National Sickness Insurance

Need, Use and Expenses of Health Services in Finland 1964–1976

Data about the health security of the Finns. Health Status, Use of Health Services, Health-related Life-Style and Health Care Costs to Families by Population Group in 1987

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Reliability and validity of interview data on chronic diseases The mini-Finland health survey