Begg D J, Langley J D, Williams S M
Injury Prevention Research Unit, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Inj Prev. 1999 Jun;5(2):142-4. doi: 10.1136/ip.5.2.142.
The aim of this study was to determine the validity of self report as a source of information on crashes and injuries.
This study was part of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study (DMHDS), which is a longitudinal study of the health, development, and behaviour of a cohort of young New Zealanders.
At the age 21 assessment DMHDS study members were asked to report serious injury and motor vehicle traffic crashes experienced over the previous three years. The self reported injuries were compared with the New Zealand Health Information Service (NZHIS) public hospital discharge file to determine the completeness of the self reported data. The traffic crashes were compared with the police traffic crash reports to determine the accuracy of self reported crash details.
Twenty five (86%) of the 29 unintentional injuries, six (67%) of the nine assaults, and one (14%) of the six self inflicted injuries on the NZHIS file were self reported. The level of agreement between the self reported crash details and those recorded on the traffic crash report was high.
The results show that self reports can be a useful and valid source of injury and crash data.
本研究旨在确定自我报告作为碰撞事故和受伤信息来源的有效性。
本研究是达尼丁多学科健康与发展研究(DMHDS)的一部分,该研究是对一群新西兰年轻人的健康、发展和行为进行的纵向研究。
在21岁评估时,DMHDS研究成员被要求报告过去三年中经历的严重伤害和机动车交通事故。将自我报告的伤害与新西兰健康信息服务(NZHIS)公立医院出院档案进行比较,以确定自我报告数据的完整性。将交通事故与警方交通事故报告进行比较,以确定自我报告碰撞事故细节的准确性。
NZHIS档案中的29起意外伤害中有25起(86%)、9起袭击中有6起(67%)、6起自我伤害中有1起(14%)是自我报告的。自我报告的碰撞事故细节与交通事故报告中记录的细节之间的一致性程度很高。
结果表明,自我报告可以是伤害和碰撞事故数据的有用且有效的来源。