Web-based data capture and management in epidemiologic investigations

摘要

Database management is an important aspect of epidemiologic studies requiring understanding of the scientific problems under investigation as well as a clear understanding of the formal data processing required. Failure to achieve this combination is not a rare event. To address this deficit, a database management process was designed that allowed the epidemiologist investigator to focus entirely on the survey or data capture instrument to be employed in the study. As that document is prepared, the database management is automatically constructed so that there are no interpretative errors. This approach has been prepared in two formats, both designed to function at the Internet. These are the Data Base Research (DBR) system and the Simplified Survey System (S3).