VigiBase opioid dataset with 100 mental-related adverse events

An adverse event-drug count dataset (contingency table) obtained from VigiBase.

Usage

vigi_opioid_mental

Format

An object of class matrix (inherits from array) with 101 rows and 6 columns.

Source

https://www.vigiaccess.org/

Details

Data are stored in the form of a contingency table, with drugs listed across the columns and the 100 AEs presented across the rows. Each cell in the contingency table represents the total report counts associated with that (AE, drug) pair and detected in VigiBase.

The dataset catalogs 5 opioid drugs (across columns):

Codeine, Fentanyl, Oxycodone, Pentazocine and Tramadol.

References

Tan Y, Markatou M and Chakraborty S. A Review of Statistical Methods for Spontaneous Reporting System Data Mining: Signal Detection and Beyond. arXiv:2604.18898 (stat.AP). https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.18898