CORE--INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT, DATA COLLECTION AND DATA MANAGEMENT

核心的具体功能包括：1）开发和 验证调查工具和问卷; 2）制定 新的访谈或调查表项目; 3）招募有 风湿性疾病及其提供者; 4）培训和数据监测 收集和管理人员; 5）数据收集; 6）数据管理; （7）统计学和流变学咨询。 小组研究是核心小组的主要数据收集活动， 单位RA小组研究于1982-83年开始，当时随机抽样 40名北方加州风湿病学家登记了822名RA患者。 1989年登记了203例RA患者，1995年登记了131例。 自成立以来，RA小组研究已累计9，547人年 的后续行动。在拟议供资周期的第一年，另一个 150名RA患者将入组小组研究。RA小组 研究年度访谈收集关于以下信号和症状的信息： RA、共病和所有使用的卫生保健的完整清单 因为RA和非RA的原因。此外，RA小组的面谈将 扩大到收集有关生育和养育子女的决定 EEHSR项目3。核心股还将负责 收集病史和体格检查以及血清学和影像学数据 D&F关于SLE儿童骨密度的研究。

The specific functions of the core include: 1) the development and validation of survey instruments and questionnaires; 2) the development of new interview or questionnaire items; 3) enrollment of persons with rheumatic diseases and their providers; 4) training and monitoring of data collection and management staff; 5) data collection; 6) data management; and, 7) statistical and rheumatologic consulting. The Panel Study is the principal data collection activity within the Core Unit. The RA Panel Study was begun in 1982-83 when a random sample of forty Northern California rheumatologists enrolled 822 persons with RA. 203 persons with RA were enrolled in 1989 and 131 were enrolled in 1995. Since its inception, the RA Panel Study has accumulated 9,547 person-years of follow-up. In the first year of the proposed cycle of funding, another 150 persons with RA will be enrolled in the Panel Study. The RA Panel Study annual interview collects information on the signals and symptoms of the RA, co-morbidity, and a complete inventory of all health care utilized for RA and non-RA reasons. In addition, the RA Panel interview will be expanded to collect concerning decisions about childbearing and parenting for EEHSR Project 3. The Core Unit will also be responsible for the collection of history and physical exams and serologic and imaging data for the D&F study concerning bone mineral density among children with SLE.