A large majority of clinicians in all study groups felt that the information provided by the data collection was more accurate than traditional logbook data and that it was more useful in making therapy decisions than HbA1c values.
Following each data collection period the Forerunner data were downloaded (Forerunner Logbook Version 2.5, Garmin Ltd ,Olathe KS) to determine actual speeds for each trial component.
The degree of fidelity that can be achieved with a computerized logbook depends on the quality of the data collection process and the frequency of entries; with the passage of time, memory of events, even in a professional context, tends to wane.
Data were collected through triangulation of several data collection strategies, namely negotiated interactive observation on the ward [ 25, 26], in-depth interviews [ 27], the reading of patients' medical records, and the writing up of the researcher's reflections on her behaviour and feelings in the field in an ethnographic logbook [ 27].
A standardized data collection form was used for data abstraction from the emergency department logbook and the complete medical record for all injured patients.
The ratio of activities to sessions reflects the accuracy of data collection and may be a surrogate marker of residents' compliance with logbook use.
Approximately 94% of all clinicians felt that the information provided in the data collection tool is more accurate than data provided in traditional logbooks; there were no significant between-group differences in this assessment.
The data collection consists of both quantitative and qualitative measures, obtained from questionnaires collected though text messages, logbooks from instructors in the intervention, data from dialogue guide and qualitative interviews and logbooks about maintenance initiatives at each workplace.
Prior to data collection, chief complaints (CCs) were categorized based on our faculty's clerkship logbook which includes a list of common chief complaints [ 18].
To compare the coverage of the six core MCH indicators, the researchers used the more reliable numerators from the logbooks and the denominators from the VHV's data collection.
A key limitation of the study was absence of a pure control arm (e.g., unstructured glucose data presented in a logbook) that would have assessed the effect of use of the data collection tool compared with use of traditional, random glucose testing, which is normally seen in family practice.
