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Holly James Westervelt^1,2, Rachel A Bernier^2,3, Melanie Faust^2,4,5

¹Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.

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Ensuring cognitive data accuracy in Huntington's disease research is crucial. This study details data quality control methods for the PREDICT-HD project, offering lessons for reliable neurobiological data collection.

Keywords:

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Clinical Research
Data Science

Background:

Huntington's disease (HD) research requires high-quality cognitive data for accurate prediction.
Long-term observational studies like PREDICT-HD involve complex data collection from numerous participants.
Ensuring data integrity is paramount for understanding disease progression and developing predictive biomarkers.

Purpose of the Study:

To outline data quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA) strategies for the cognitive assessments in the PREDICT-HD study.
To detail examiner training, error correction methods, and data minimization techniques.
To share key lessons learned to improve cognitive data accuracy in similar research.

Main Methods:

Rigorous training and continuous evaluation of cognitive examiners.
Systematic procedures for identifying and correcting data errors.
Implementation of strategies to minimize potential data inaccuracies during collection.

Main Results:

The PREDICT-HD cognitive core successfully implemented robust QC/QA protocols.
Specific methods for examiner management and data error handling were effective.
Five critical lessons were identified to enhance cognitive data reliability.

Conclusions:

Effective data quality control is essential for the validity of neurobiological predictors in Huntington's disease research.
Sharing best practices, such as those from PREDICT-HD, can significantly improve the quality of cognitive data in large-scale studies.
Adherence to stringent QC/QA protocols minimizes errors and enhances the reliability of findings in prodromal Huntington disease research.