RESUMO
Designing, implementing, and maintaining a relational database for a complex, longitudinal clinical research project can be the key to the success of a research project. Related issues of data entry, accuracy, confidentiality, security, data analysis, and evaluation of research activities are among the considerations that must be addressed. Our experience with designing a system that was effective and user-friendly to manage the data collected during a 6-year, National Institutes of Health-funded, nursing research project is highlighted. Nurses and other healthcare providers may find our experience with a relational database helpful and applicable to similar clinical research projects.
Assuntos
Pesquisa em Enfermagem Clínica/organização & administração , Sistemas de Gerenciamento de Base de Dados/organização & administração , Bases de Dados Factuais , Coleta de Dados , Feminino , Humanos , Estudos Longitudinais , Modelos de Enfermagem , National Institutes of Health (U.S.) , Apoio à Pesquisa como Assunto , Saúde da População Rural , Estados Unidos , Incontinência Urinária/enfermagem , Saúde da MulherRESUMO
Forty-one women completed the first phase (self-monitoring) of the Behavioral Management for Continence (BMC) intervention, while working with a nurse during home visits to reduce involuntary urine loss as part of the parent study involving older, rural women living at home. A decrease in dietary caffeine intake and an increase in fluid intake were most frequently recommended. The relationship between a decrease in the amount of dietary caffeine consumed and fewer daytime episodes of involuntary urine loss approached significance -P = 0.0744- whereas an increase in the average amount of fluid intake was significantly related to an increase in the average volume of urine voided -P = 0.0479- and not to involuntary urine loss.
