Impact of television coverage on the number and type of symptoms reported during a health scare: a retrospective pre-post observational study.

Faasse, Kate; Gamble, Gregory; Cundy, Timothy; Petrie, Keith

Impact of television coverage on the number and type of symptoms reported during a health scare: a retrospective pre-post observational study.

Faasse, Kate ; Gamble, Gregory ; Cundy, Timothy ; Petrie, Keith

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/24216

Issue Date: 2012

Reference: BMJ Open, 2012, 2 (4)

Rights: Copyright: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

Rights (URI): https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm

Abstract:

This study investigated the impact of television news coverage on total adverse event reporting rates 1 month before and after the bulletins during a medication health scare. We further investigated whether individual side effects mentioned in each bulletin were reflected in the adverse event reports following the coverage.

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