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Lessons learned from over a decade of data audits in international observational HIV cohorts in Latin America and East Africa

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dc.contributor.author Lotspeich, Sarah C.
dc.contributor.author Shepherd, Bryan E.
dc.contributor.author Kariuki, Marion Achieng
dc.contributor.author Wools-Kaloustian, Kara
dc.contributor.author McGowan, Catherine C.
dc.contributor.author Musick, Beverly
dc.contributor.author Semeere, Aggrey
dc.contributor.author Crabtree Ramírez, Brenda E.
dc.contributor.author Mkwashapi, Denna M.
dc.contributor.author Cesar, Carina
dc.contributor.author Ssemakadde, Matthew
dc.contributor.author Machado, Daisy Maria
dc.contributor.author Ngeresa, Antony
dc.contributor.author Ferreira, Flávia Faleiro
dc.contributor.author Lwali, Jerome
dc.contributor.author Marcelin, Adias
dc.contributor.author Cardoso, Sandra Wagner
dc.contributor.author Luque, Marco Tulio
dc.contributor.author Otero Vegas, Larissa
dc.contributor.author Cortés, Claudia P.
dc.contributor.author Duda, Stephany N.
dc.date.accessioned 2023-12-07T22:33:24Z
dc.date.available 2023-12-07T22:33:24Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/14713
dc.description.abstract 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 HIV 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. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Cambridge University Press
dc.relation.ispartofseries Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Data audits en_US
dc.subject Data quality en_US
dc.subject HIV en_US
dc.subject International research en_US
dc.subject LMIC en_US
dc.subject Observational cohorts en_US
dc.subject.mesh Administración en Salud
dc.subject.mesh Exactitud de los Datos
dc.subject.mesh VIH
dc.subject.mesh International Research Information System
dc.subject.mesh Países en Desarrollo
dc.subject.mesh Estudios de Cohortes
dc.title Lessons learned from over a decade of data audits in international observational HIV cohorts in Latin America and East Africa en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1017/cts.2023.659
dc.relation.issn 2059-8661


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