During the study, review data promptly to determine invalid runs, discover trends in the data that may require additional operator training, ensure correct completion of case report forms, and resolve queries quickly.
Outcome assessments, completion of case report forms and data management will be closely supervised.
The outcome assessments, the completion of case report forms and data management will be closely supervised.
This allows for postneonatal diagnosis, and for a good level of completion of case finding and data cleaning.
†Paperwork and procedures mean production and management of study documents regarding submission to institutional review board and completion of case report form.
Surveillance personnel reviewed records of all 208 clinical laboratories in the participating ABCs areas every 6 months to verify completion of case ascertainment.
After completion of case scenarios, village doctors will fill out the PEUU scale and be encouraged to be as specific as possible.
Although this resulted in suboptimal completion of case report forms in some areas, we believe that the results outlined in this study and the conclusions reached are an accurate representation of the cholera outbreak in Papua New Guinea.
All resource utilisation data were collected thoroughly by prospective completion of Case Report Forms in the main trial (Douillard et al, 2000) and retrospective collation of data in the follow-up study.
The most frequently cited desired lecture topics were statistical analysis, how to write a protocol, paperwork and procedures (production and management of study documents regarding submission to institutional review board and completion of case report form), and cost management in clinical research (Table 2).
