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rdf:type |
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lifeskim:mentions |
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pubmed:issue |
1
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2002-6-12
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pubmed:abstractText |
To determine whether men are able to self-diagnose external genital warts (EGWs), we studied data from 1115 men with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection. Men were largely unable to accurately assess the presence of EGWs. Self-reporting of EGWs was not a sensitive tool; only 38% of men who had EGWs diagnosed by a trained examiner who used bright light and visual inspection also reported having them. When we controlled for other covariates in a multivariate model, men who had EGWs diagnosed by an examiner were 14 times less likely to show concordance between examiner findings and self-report than were men who did not have EGWs diagnosed by an examiner (odds ratio, 0.07; 95% confidence interval, 0.06-0.09). Self-diagnosis and self-assessment may not accurately reflect the presence of EGWs, and self-diagnosis should not be used in place of an examiner's findings for epidemiologic studies that seek to determine the cause of disease.
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pubmed:grant |
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal |
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pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Jul
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pubmed:issn |
1537-6591
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pubmed:author |
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pubmed:issnType |
Electronic
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pubmed:day |
1
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pubmed:volume |
35
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
39-45
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
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pubmed:year |
2002
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Validity of self-reporting of episodes of external genital warts.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Division of Primary Care, School of Nursing, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA. dwiley@ucla.edu
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.,
Multicenter Study
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