Impact of Washout Duration to Account for Left Truncation in Register-based Epidemiologic Studies: Estimating the Risk of Mental Disorders
While including all cases identifiable in a register may decrease uncertainty, the inclusion of prevalent cases as being at risk may lead to substantially overestimated measures. We highlight the need for caution when using administrative registers and electronic healthcare databases.
Authors
- Carsten Bøcker Pedersen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2077-8533)
- Stefan Nygaard Hansen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0877-556X)
- Guadalupe Gómez Melis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4252-4884)
- Natalie C. Momen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9832-8500)
- Esben Agerbo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2849-524X)
- Oleguer Plana‐Ripoll (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6470-7465)
- Danni Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6445-6291)
- Dídac Gallego-Alabanda
Institutions
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Aarhus University Hospital (DK)
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-08-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ede.0000000000001905
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.76