Measuring the Validity of Survey Questions on Breast, Cervical, Colorectal, and Lung Cancer Screening
NHIS questions that assess cancer screening provide reasonably accurate estimates. However, some misclassification with expected bias toward over-reporting screening suggests that improvements in measuring screening adherence are needed.
Authors
- Hongyuan Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9068-2364)
- Christine M Neslund-Dudas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2506-1964)
- Lynn E. Fleckenstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9533-7015)
- Perla Bravo
- Cynthia D. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1910-9546)
- Chaya Mangel Pflugeisen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6356-5282)
- Michael G. Nash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1950-5837)
- Larry G. Kessler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8024-5424)
- Rachel Winer
- Uma Raghavan
- Punith Shetty
- Jin Mou
- India Ornelas
- Bryan Comstock
Institutions
- MultiCare Health System (US)
- Henry Ford Health System (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- University of Washington Medical Center (US)
- Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Epidemiology
- Published
- 2026-02-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwag040
- Primary Topic
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00