Methodological Assessment of Medical Records Reviews in Articles in the Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
;
: 481-485, 2005.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-120217
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this study is to enhance the quality of data by performing a methodological assessment of medical records reviews.METHODS:
We reviewed the articles published in the Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine between January 2001 and December 2003 that used a retrospective medical records review as the study method. We assessed data collector's training, descriptions of inclusion/ exclusion criteria, definitions of important variables, use of standardized case record forms, monitoring the data collectors' performance, blind data collecting, inter-rater reliability/ test of inter-rater agreement, intra-rater reliability/test of intra-rater agreement, selection bias from consent, and rules regarding management of missing data.RESULTS:
There were 111 articles that used retrospective medical records reviews during the study period. In 111 (100%) articles, inclusion/exclusion criteria were described, in 98 (88.3%), important variables were defined, and in 4 (3.6%), standardized case record forms were used. However no articles addressed the other items on the checklist.CONCLUSION:
Study conductors should design studies to enhance the quality of data, and detailed descriptions are necessary to improve the reproducibility of the study.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Selection Bias
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Medical Records
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Retrospective Studies
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Emergencies
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Emergency Medicine
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Checklist
Type of study:
Observational study
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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