| Titre : | Declining induced abortion rate in Finland : Data quality of the Finnish Abortion Register. (1996) |
| Auteurs : | M. GISSLER ; E. HEMMINKI ; A. RASIMUS ; V.M. ULANDER ; Health Services Research Unit. Stakes National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health. Po Box 220. Helsinki. FIN |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | International journal of epidemiology (vol. 25, n° 2, 1996) |
| Pagination : | 376-380 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | IVG ; Epidémiologie ; Femme ; Homme ; Collecte information ; Qualité ; Registre ; Validité ; Finlande ; Europe |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST SR0xyS2J. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background. Induced abortion rates have declined in Finland since 1973. A possible explanation offered has been that of deteriorating data collection. Methods. To assess the completeness of the Register, we compared the information from a consecutive sample of hospital records (N=482) to the Finnish Abortion Register in 18 hospitals in three counties. A smaller consecutive sample (N=345) was collected from the same hospitals to assess the validity of the Register information. Results. Only five abortions (1%) found in the hospitals were not reported in the Abortion Register. A total of 95% of all Register information was identical to that in the medical records. There were quality problems in reporting some variables : the length of pregnancy (definition problems), the classification of the abortion procedure, and social class (out-of-date classifications). Furthermore, early complications were poorly reported. Conclusions. The data from the Finnish Abortion Register are a reliable source for monitoring trends in the abortion rate and its variation by subgroups, but are an unreliable source for the study of the medical aspects of induced abortion. |
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