Hysterectomy use: the correspondence between self-reports and hospital records.

摘要: Studies of the relationship between hysterectomy use and sociodemographic factors tend to self-reported data. In current study, data were collected from a representative sample US women who have been prospectively followed since 1971. Hysterectomy status was obtained by self-report hospital records. Although these two measures highly related, more reported than could be confirmed The showed similar associations several obstetric demographic characteristics status, suggesting that does not bias analyses potentially associated factors.