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Development of a core data set for pelvic floor disorder patients registry
Masoumeh Abdi Reyhan1, Shahla Damanabi1, Leila R Kalankesh1,2
1Department of Health Information Technology, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Insights
This study developed a core dataset for pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) to improve clinical decisions. The standardized data elements will enhance research and patient care quality.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Clinical Informatics
- Gynecology
Background:
- Pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) are a growing public health concern.
- There is a need for standardized data to support clinical decision-making in PFD management.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a core dataset for patients with PFDs.
- To establish a foundation for a PFD registry.
Main Methods:
- A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2019.
- Literature review of electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, Google Scholar) and assessment of clinical data systems.
- The Delphi technique and expert panel review were used to determine consensus on data elements.
Main Results:
- A dataset of 65 data items for PFDs was initially identified from literature.
- The Delphi survey resulted in 74 expert-determined data elements.
- The final dataset was categorized into demographic (12 elements) and clinical (62 elements) components.
Conclusions:
- The developed dataset standardizes PFD data, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and completeness.
- This core dataset can facilitate valuable research for clinicians and healthcare systems.
- Implementation of this dataset has the potential to improve patient care quality and control healthcare costs.
Objectives:
Pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) are important public health concerns due to their increasing prevalence. Hence, there is an increasing need for developing systematically collected quality data to assist appropriate clinical decision-making. This study aimed to develop a core data set for patients with PFDs based on the PFDs registry.
Methods:
A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2019. Data were retrieved from electronic databases including PubMed, Embase and Google scholar. Available documents and data systems in clinical centers were also assessed. The Delphi technique was applied to reach a consensus about the data elements using a questionnaire. A panel of experts evaluated the content validity of the questionnaire.
Results:
We developed a dataset for PFDs that included two classes of data (65 data items) identified from the related literature. In the Delphi survey, 74 data elements were determined by the experts and final data were divided into two demographic and clinical categories that included 12 and 62 data elements, respectively.
Conclusions:
This dataset has the potential for standardizing the data by providing accurate, consistent, complete and uniform data elements. Furthermore, it can provide valuable research facilities for clinicians and researchers in the healthcare system resulting in improvement of the quality of care and containment of costs.
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