Furthermore, we checked for completeness of cases through linkage with regional information flows of hospital discharge records (2006 2011).
The research assistants checked for completeness of the transcripts and made the final proof reading of the transcripts against the recorded interviews.
All questionnaires were checked for completeness of response at the clinic and attempts were made to improve the response rate for missing items.
The records contained in the above two databases were checked for completeness of data, and data not routinely held on these databases, such as number of positive nodes, pathology, size, and oestrogen receptor status, were obtained from databases created for other projects or from a manual study of the case records.
It is then checked for completeness of data entry and the nurse assists any patient who requires help in completing the questionnaire measures 2. Consultation and biophysical data: gathered by practice nurse 3. GP record search: to establish process of care and collect patient outcomes recorded in GP records, carried out by practice nurse.
The data on malaria positive records of the healthcare institutions of the study site were transferred to Excel spreadsheet, checked for completeness (date of diagnosis, test results, patient age and address), coded; then, prepared data of malaria cases were exported to STATA statistical software version 12. Episodes of malaria were considered instead of number of cases for the analysis.
Data are routinely checked for completeness, out of range values and inconsistency [ 18].
To ensure the quality of data collection during fieldwork, we checked for completeness and consistency of information on the questionnaire and conducted a daily debriefing (19).
All data collection sheets and lab reports were manually checked for completeness and accuracy of data.
All returned questionnaires were checked for completeness and consistency of responses.
Returned forms were checked for completeness and accuracy of reporting by a research assistant, thereby serving as a proxy for complete delivery of elements of the intervention protocol.
