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0571/2016 - Analysis of the digital preference for age in pharmacovigilance system in Brazil, 2008-2013
Análise da preferência digital de idade no sistema de farmacovigilância do Brasil, 2008-2013

Author:

• Daniel Marques Mota - Mota, D.M - BRASÍLIA - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Epidemiologia Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BR - <dmarques2003@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4156-0138

Co-author(s):

• Álvaro Vigo - Vigo, A - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Epidemiologia Brasil, Rio Grande do Sul, BR - <alvaro.vigo@ufrgs.br>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5797-9470
• Ricardo de Souza Kuchenbecker - Kuchenbecker, R.S - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Epidemiologia Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BR - <rkuchenbecker@hcpa.edu.br>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4707-3683

Thematic Area:

Assistência Farmacêutica

Abstract:

To analyze the digital preference for the variable "age" in the database of cases of adverse drug events reported between 2008 and 2013 in the pharmacovigilance system in Brazil. The database was analyzed in three stages: 1) Initial exploration; 2) standardization of variables; and 3) duplicate records management. The digital preference for the variable "age", according to sex and grouped regions of the country, was determined using methods from Whipple and Myers and measured by the adhesion test based on statistical χ2 at 5% significance level. The female population was predominant (60.3%), making a female / male ratio of 1.5: 1 and a female majority in 8 of the 12 age groups. Over the analysis period, no preference for a terminal digit was observed in the variable "age”. The ages that were registered in the database appear not to demonstrate imprecision and, therefore, this information cannot be interpreted as unreliable. These results point to a good performance in collecting data and information related to the variable “age” of the Brazil‘s pharmacovigilance system.

Keywords:

PharmacovigilanceAdverse Drug Reaction Reporting SystemsBiasHealth Surveillance

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Mota, D.M, Vigo, A, Kuchenbecker, R.S. Analysis of the digital preference for age in pharmacovigilance system in Brazil, 2008-2013. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2016/Dec). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/analysis-of-the-digital-preference-for-age-in-pharmacovigilance-system-in-brazil-20082013/15997?id=15997



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