Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by RONA, R J
Right arrow Articles by MOSBECH, J
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by RONA, R J
Right arrow Articles by MOSBECH, J
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© 1989 Oxford University Press

research-article

Validity and Repeatability of Self-Reported Occupational and Industrial History from Patients in EEC Countries

R J RONA and J MOSBECH

Rone R J (Division of Community Health, St Thomas's Campus, London SE1 7EH, UK) and Mosbech J. Validity and repeatability of self-reported occupational and industrial history from patients in EEc countries. International Journal of Epidemiology 1989, 18: 674–679.

The results of a study to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a questionnaire designed to ascertain occupational history and the repeatability of coding occupational and industrial status using an abbreviated version of the coding status are presented for EEc countries. The study demonstrates the difficulty of recruiting cancer patients below age 65. The percentage of useful information among patients who completed a self-administered questionnaire was slightly lower than thous who completed an administered questionnaire but in general the response rate for most items in the questionnaires in any group was above 90 %.

The repeatability of coding occupational status and industriel status for current or lest job was satisfactory with Kappa values of 65% and 76% respectively. The within-individual repestability for these variables had similar Kappa values. The validity of coding occupational status with an abbrevieted version of coding status compared to the full instructions was satisfactory for current or last occupationa.However, observer variability may be fairfy large for the abbreviated version. An increase in the coding repeatability could probably be achieved with few modifications to the description of occupation status groups and clearer headings for each division of the Industrial Occupation Classification and greater training of coders.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Int J EpidemiolHome page
A 't Mannetje and H Kromhout
The use of occupation and industry classifications in general population studies
Int. J. Epidemiol., June 1, 2003; 32(3): 419 - 428.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Occup. Environ. Med.Home page
K Teschke, A F Olshan, J L Daniels, A J De Roos, C G Parks, M Schulz, T L Vaughan, and H Kromhout
Occupational exposure assessment in case-control studies: opportunities for improvement
Occup. Environ. Med., September 1, 2002; 59(9): 575 - 594.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.