Tofisopam

Exposed non-exposed, cohort studies

Study Country
Study period
Study design
Data source Exposure definition Non-exposure definition Exposition period Sample size
(exposed/unexposed) Or (case / control)
Remarks Risk of bias
Noh
2022
South Korea
2011 - 2018
population based cohort retrospective
A nationwide retrospective cohort study using healthcare data retrieved from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) database. Pregnant women who filled at least Tofisopam prescription during the first trimester (first 90 days of pregnancy). unexposed, sick
Pregnant women who were not prescribed any benzodiazepine from 3 months before the last menstrual period to the end of the first trimester (with similar psychiatric conditions after propensity score).
1st trimester 4804 / 3053381 Propensity scored adjusted for indications and led to an unexposed cohort with similar psychiatric conditions => considered as unexposed, sick control groups.
The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) database that comprises notably healthcare utilization (e.g., drug prescription and medical procedure).

Case-control studies

Study Country
Study period
Study design
Data source Case Control Exposition Exposition period Sample size
(exposed/unexposed) Or (case / control)
Remarks Risk of bias
Eros
2002
Hungary
1980 - 1996
case control
The Hungarian Case–Control Surveillance of Congenital Abnormalities (HCCSCA). Newborn infants with isolated congenital abnormality (CA) and multiple CA. Exclusions of some mild congenital abnormalities and minor congenital abnormality (methods in Czeizel 1999). Two or three newborn infants without congenital anomalies matched to every case according to sex, birth week in the year when the case was born, and district of parents’ residence from the National Birth Registry of the Central Statistical Office. Exposure data collected from 3 sources: a post-paid structured questionnaire sent to the parents immediately after the selection of cases/controls; maternal prenatal care logbook (in which obstetricians must record all prescribed drugs); nurses visited non-responding families. during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) 22865 / 38151
The Hungarian Congenital Abnormality Registry (HCAR), in which notification by physicians of cases with Congenital anomalies is mandatory (including infant deaths and usual stillborn fetuses). Controls were selected from the National Birth Registry of the Central Statistical Office.

Risk of bias: : NA;   : low;   : moderate;   : serious;   : critical;   : unclear;  

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