Measurement of Prevalence of Chronic Disease by Household Interviews and Clinical Evaluations
- 1 August 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health
- Vol. 47 (8) , 953-960
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.47.8.953
Abstract
Chronic diseases diagnosed in clinical examinations of a representative sample of 809 persons in Baltimore, Md. are compared with health conditions previously reported in household interviews for the same persons. Only 1/4 of the diagnosed chronic diseases had been reported in any related terms in the interviews. The proportion reported varied widely among diagnoses; it was not satisfactorily high for any subgroup of the population. For any purpose for which information on a large proportion of diagnosable chronic diseases is required, a household interview survey is an unsuitable method of study.Keywords
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- Methods of Measuring Incidence and Prevalence of DiseaseAmerican Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1951