Short report: Piloting paperless data entry for clinical research in Africa
Short report: Piloting paperless data entry for clinical research in Africa
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DOI：
10.4269/ajtmh.2005.72.301
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发表时间：
2005-03-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Kremsner, PG
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作者：
Missinou, MA;Olola, CHO;Kremsner, PG
使用手持计算机直接输入数据，可以简化和精简数据管理，特别是在远程环境中。我们在加蓬农村的一项临床研究中比较了使用当前标准实践（基于纸张的病例报告表，具有双重数据输入）与使用个人数字助理（PDA）的数据输入的准确性。不一致条目的发生率为1.7%。分类数据（在PDA上的“下拉”菜单中显示）比连续“键入”数据更常见不一致（2.4% vs 1.2%; P = 0.001）。两个系统都运行正常，没有数据丢失。参与这项研究的临床医生更喜欢手持计算机，他们的使用将被考虑在未来的研究在非洲临床研究网络。
Direct data entry, using handheld computers, may simplify and streamline data management, especially in remote settings. We compared the accuracy of data entry using the current standard practice (a paper-based case report form with double data entry) with that using a personal digital assistant (PDA) in a clinical study in rural Gabon. The rate of discrepant entries was 1.7%. Categorical data (presented in "pull down" menus on the PDA) were more commonly discrepant than were continuous "typed in" data (2.4% versus 1.2%; P = 0.001). Both systems functioned smoothly and no data were lost. The clinicians involved in this study preferred the handheld computers, and their use will be considered in future studies in an African clinical research network.