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The integration of similar clinical research data collection instruments
Dorothy B Cohen1, Sandra J Frawley, Mark A Shifman
1Yale Center for Medical Informatics, New Haven, CT, USA.
AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings. AMIA Symposium
|January 20, 2004
Abstract:
We devised an algorithm for integrating similar clinical research data collection instruments to create a common measurement instrument. We tested this algorithm using questions from several similar surveys. We encountered differing levels of granularity among questions and responses across surveys resulting in either the loss of granularity or data. This algorithm may make survey integration more systematic and efficient.