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    Self-reported shift work, recall bias, and belief about disease causation in a case-control study of breast cancer

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    Authors
    Lizama, N.
    Heyworth, J.
    Thomson, Allyson
    Slevin, Terry
    Fritschi, Lin
    Date
    2017
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Lizama, N. and Heyworth, J. and Thomson, A. and Slevin, T. and Fritschi, L. 2017. Self-reported shift work, recall bias, and belief about disease causation in a case-control study of breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiology: the international journal of cancer epidemiology, detection and prevention. 50: pp. 9-15.
    Source Title
    Cancer Epidemiology: the international journal of cancer epidemiology, detection and prevention
    DOI
    10.1016/j.canep.2017.07.007
    ISSN
    1877-7821
    School
    School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56388
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Background Recall bias is a potential source of misclassification in case-control studies. Studies have shown that the association between exposure and disease can differ according to participants’ beliefs or knowledge about the effect of that exposure on disease. We investigated the association between belief about breast cancer causation and self-reported shift work exposure in a case-control study. Methods Women completed a questionnaire asking whether they believed that shift work caused cancer either before or after reporting their history of shift work. We measured: whether belief modified the association between reported shift work and disease; whether belief was associated with reported shift work exposure; and whether being prompted to recall shift work exposure was associated with an increased likelihood of believing that shift work increased breast cancer risk. Results There was a significant association between believing shift work increased breast cancer risk and reporting exposure to shift work. Being prompted to recall shift work was not associated with a belief that shift work increased risk. Conclusion The association between pre-existing belief about breast cancer risk and reported shift work is likely to be due to exposed individuals believing that exposure increases risk, rather than resulting from recall bias.

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