Screening uptake is known to be inferior in people with low socioeconomic position (SEP) when compared with those with high position; however, the results of most previous studies have limited value because they are based on recall or area-based measures of socioeconomic position, and might thus be subject to selective participation and misclassification.
If one were to gauge performance based on recall in the top 1% of the ranked validation sets, the UF4 descriptor is the best method for 6 out of the 10 classes and in 6 out of 10 classes for the recall in the top 5%.
Most studies (72.0%) investigated the report of present musculoskeletal disorders [ 9- 15, 16]a16]a,[ 17, 19- 24, 25, 27, 27- 30], whereas other studies provided prevalence data based on recall periods that ranged from one week [ 23, 26] to lifetime [ 14, 16]b, [ 16]c, [ 18].
Gestational age estimates in Québec are ultrasound-based which may be more accurate than estimates based on recall of date of last menstruation [ 13].
Some of the results of the review show how even when diaries are considered to retrieve more accurate data, at least one fourth were filled at moment of pickup and therefore based on recall, they tended to produce loss of interest in their completion as time from event passed.
The unmodified Rome III criteria require ≥25% of stools to be of type 6 7, but we found this excluded around one-third of otherwise typical patients who met Rome III criteria based on recall, hence the modification.
Arbitron says the devices are more accurate than diaries, which are based on recall.
Surveys based on recall interviews collect higher food quantities compared to those based on diaries, but the difference decreases with long reference periods.
The much lower estimates based on recall over the preceding three months are similar to those from Georgia, also based on recall.
This estimate exceeded by 70% a previous estimate from the same survey based on recall over the preceding 3 months.
In fact, 63 reported headache yesterday, strongly supporting the responses based on recall (and validating the enquiry).
