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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Lessons learned from over a decade of data audits in international observational HIV cohorts in Latin America and East Africa
Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, Volume 7, No. 1, Article e245, Year 2023
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Introduction: Routine patient care data are increasingly used for biomedical research, but such secondary use data have known limitations, including their quality. When leveraging routine care data for observational research, developing audit protocols that can maximize informational return and minimize costs is paramount. Methods: For more than a decade, the Latin America and East Africa regions of the International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) consortium have been auditing the observational data drawn from participating human immunodeficiency virus clinics. Since our earliest audits, where external auditors used paper forms to record audit findings from paper medical records, we have streamlined our protocols to obtain more efficient and informative audits that keep up with advancing technology while reducing travel obligations and associated costs. Results: We present five key lessons learned from conducting data audits of secondary-use data from resource-limited settings for more than 10 years and share eight recommendations for other consortia looking to implement data quality initiatives. Conclusion: After completing multiple audit cycles in both the Latin America and East Africa regions of the IeDEA consortium, we have established a rich reference for data quality in our cohorts, as well as large, audited analytical datasets that can be used to answer important clinical questions with confidence. By sharing our audit processes and how they have been adapted over time, we hope that others can develop protocols informed by our lessons learned from more than a decade of experience in these large, diverse cohorts. © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Association for Clinical and Translational Science.
Authors & Co-Authors
Shepherd, Bryan Earl
United States, Nashville
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Wools-Kaloustian, Kara K.
United States, Indianapolis
Indiana University School of Medicine
McGowan, Catherine Carey
United States, Nashville
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Musick, Beverly Sue
United States, Indianapolis
Indiana University School of Medicine
Semeere, Aggrey S.
Uganda, Kampala
Makerere University
Crabtree-Ramírez, Brenda Eloisa
Mexico, Mexico
Instituto Nacional de Geriatría
Mkwashapi, Denna M.
Tanzania, Tanga
National Institute for Medical Research Tanga
Cesar, Carina
Argentina, Buenos Aires
Fundacion Huesped
Ssemakadde, Matthew
Uganda, Masaka
Masaka Regional Referral Hospital
MacHado, Daisy Maria
Brazil, Sao Paulo
Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Ngeresa, Anthony
Kenya, Eldoret
Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare
Ferreira, Flávia Gomes Faleiro
Brazil, Belo Horizonte
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Lwali, Jerome
Unknown Affiliation
Marcelin, Adias
Haiti, Port-au-prince
Groupe D’étude Haïtien Sur le Sarcome de Kaposi et Les Infections Opportunistes
Cardoso, Sandra Wagner
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas Ini
Luque, Marco Tulio
Honduras, Tegucigalpa
Instituto Hondureño de Seguridad Social
Otero, Larissa
Peru, Lima
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Cortés, Claudia P.
Chile, Santiago
Fundación Arriarán
Duda, Stephany N.
United States, Nashville
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Statistics
Authors: 19
Affiliations: 16
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1017/cts.2023.659
ISSN:
20598661
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cohort Study
Study Locations
Multi-countries