The purpose and objectives of the parent studies were discussed with the investigator (OOT) prior to the commencement of data collection to help ascertain the authenticity of the response of the respondents due to the generic nature of the data collection instruments.
For the cost categories physiotherapy, ambulatory clinic in hospital, outpatient nursing service, paid household help, visits to physicians and medications, complete cost collection was compared with incomplete cost collection to ascertain which period of data collection could be omitted.
Data were collected to ascertain symptoms, asthma history and indoor environmental exposures (questionnaire), endotoxin (dust collection from the play area floor and child's mattress), and tobacco smoke exposure (saliva collection).
Following training, each member collected baseline patient data from their own practice using a standardized baseline data collection form to ascertain current practice patterns for the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis.
Improved data collection to monitor incidence, prevalence, expenditure and outcome indicators is needed to ascertain the position of diabetes in the Spanish health care system.
This industry is in a transition from telephone data collection to Internet data collection".
At each health center, study personnel visited the health center in-charge to brief him or her on data collection objectives and ascertain the days antenatal and postnatal services were provided to coordinate timing for data collection.
The aims of this paper are to describe the development of the intervention and methods of data collection, ascertain the feasibility of recruitment, assess the feasibility and acceptability of the group intervention and to make a preliminary assessment of its effectiveness.
Regional surveys, particularly those including both qualitative and quantitative data collection, can help ascertain not only estimates of healthcare-associated infection outcomes, but whether data collection, definitions, and policies are uniform.
