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从邮件调查问卷中收集的初经年龄的可复制性:来自生命周期研究的报告
Yuko Kadowaki1, Alina V Brenner1, Michiko Yamada2
1Department of Epidemiology, Radiation Effects Research Foundation.
Journal of epidemiology
|May 18, 2025
概括
初潮时的年龄回忆显示在9年内适度的再生能力. 配偶代理人是最可靠的,而父母代理人是最不可靠的报告年龄在初潮.
科学领域:
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 生殖健康 生殖健康
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
背景情况:
- 月经时间是女性生殖健康的关键指标.
- 之前关于初潮时的年龄和生殖能力的研究并没有区分受访者类型.
- 了解自我与代理报告对于准确的健康数据收集至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较自我应答者和代理应答者之间初经时的年龄的复制性.
- 评估代理受访者关系和调查年龄如何影响初经年龄的可再生性.
主要方法:
- 分析了生命周期研究队列中的9,043名女性初潮时的年龄数据 (1969年和1978年的问卷).
- 使用布兰德-阿尔特曼方法和类内相关系数 (ICC) 来评估可重现性.
- 1969年根据受访者类型,代理关系和参与者年龄评估的可复制性.
主要成果:
- 观察到初潮时年龄的适度复制性 (95%的LOA: -2.3至2.4岁;ICC:0.72).
- 自我响应者和总队伍保持了适度的可复制性,即使在更老的年龄.
- 代理报告的可复制性低于自我报告;配偶代理最容易复制,父母代理最难复制.
结论:
- 这项研究是第一个使用自我和代理报告与强有力的统计措施来比较初经年龄的可再生性.
- 九年间隔调查问卷显示,在所有年龄段,包括老年人中,均有适度的可重复性.
- 受访者-目标关系显著影响可重复性,突出了对代理数据的特定方法的需求.
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