Validation study of randomly selected cases of PTSD diagnoses identified in a Swedish regional database compared with medical records: is the validity sufficient for epidemiological research?

OBJECTIVES: In Sweden, the patients’ diagnoses are recorded in administrative registers. The research value of these registers is determined by their diagnostic validity, that is, if the diagnosis recorded meets the relevant diagnostic criteria. The aim of the study was to assess the validity of pos...

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Published in:BMJ Open
Main Authors: Hollander, Anna-Clara, Askegård, Klara, Iddon-Escalante, Claudia, Holmes, Emily A, Wicks, Susanne, Dalman, Christina
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Mental Health
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7008445/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31874876
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031964
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