Ethnicity was self-reported and adjudicated by NHANES into the three major ethnicity groups reported on here (White, Black, and Mexican American).
3 All vascular events were initially self-reported, and then adjudicated by blinded study investigators.
Self-reported CV events are adjudicated via hospital and doctor-released medical records.
In clinical trials, adverse events are usually self-reported but may be adjudicated if serious or of particular interest.
Self-reported colon cancer was adjudicated by trained physicians based on medical records and pathology reports at the clinical centers and centrally confirmed by blinded review at the WHI Coordinating Center [ 35].
Felons, domestic abusers and those who have recently been adjudicated a danger to self and/or others based on mental health history are indeed a public safety threat, yet we still live in a country where approximately 40% of firearms transfers happen without a background check.
When adverse event accuracy is critical, researchers should consider adjudicating self-reported events and hospital discharge codes, and attempt to identify unreported events.
Our experience of adjudicating self-reported myocardial infarctions in a clinical trial where there was an unexpected imbalance of events was that neither the source of the event (hospital discharge code or self-report), nor the level of adjudication substantially altered the relationship between treatment allocation and cardiovascular events.
For two studies, 15 33 data from self reports, hospital admissions, and death certificates were independently adjudicated by a cardiologist or neurologist, as previously described.
The hospital records related to these admissions were reviewed and adjudicated in the same manner as for self-reported events.
18 Likewise, 27% of self reported rib fractures in this study were not subsequently adjudicated as rib fractures.
