Krall E A, Valadian I, Dwyer J T, Gardner J
USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Mass.
J Clin Epidemiol. 1988;41(11):1059-64. doi: 10.1016/0895-4356(88)90075-3.
Recall of eight childhood communicable diseases and other illnesses was validated among 95 adults by comparison to longitudinal childhood health records. Self-reports at age 50 of several illnesses were highly accurate; however, German measles was correctly recalled by only 34% of subjects. Similar levels of accuracy were consistently found among a subset who also completed health history interviews 8 and 20 years earlier. Over-reporting of some health events was common. Past exposure to viral or bacterial agents is sometimes assessed in case-control studies by self-reports. Misclassification of prior exposure due to faulty recall may distort true associations between childhood illness and chronic disease in later life.
通过与儿童时期的纵向健康记录进行比较，在95名成年人中验证了对八种儿童期传染病和其他疾病的回忆情况。50岁时对几种疾病的自我报告非常准确；然而，只有34%的受试者正确回忆起风疹。在一组8年前和20年前也完成了健康史访谈的子集中，始终发现了类似的准确率。一些健康事件的过度报告很常见。在病例对照研究中，有时通过自我报告来评估过去接触病毒或细菌病原体的情况。由于回忆错误导致的既往接触错误分类可能会扭曲儿童期疾病与晚年慢性病之间的真实关联。
