Underappreciated Bias Created by Measurement Error in Risk Factor Assessment-A Case Study of No Safe Level of Alcohol Consumption

Mary C Vance; Tanner J Caverly; Rodney A Hayward

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.6116

Underappreciated Bias Created by Measurement Error in Risk Factor Assessment-A Case Study of No Safe Level of Alcohol Consumption

JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Mar 1;180(3):459-461. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.6116.

Authors

Mary C Vance¹, Tanner J Caverly^{2

3

4}, Rodney A Hayward^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.
² Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
⁴ Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Abstract

This quality improvement study assesses the potential consequences of systematic underreporting of alcohol use on the observed results in a recent, well-publicized study.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Alcohol Drinking / adverse effects*
Bias
Humans
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors

Grants and funding

P30 DK092926/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States