Improving Collection of Real-World Data: The Experience of the Joven & Fuerte Prospective Cohort for Mexican Young Women With Breast Cancer.
Clin Breast Cancer
; 21(6): e675-e680, 2021 12.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34020878
ABSTRACT
The prospective collection of clinical data can generate detailed information on heterogeneous populations. This article reviews the strengths and limitations of the collection of real-world data and provides insight into the feasibility of routine collection of high-quality evidence even in a resource-constrained setting. The acquisition of high-quality data to assess the clinical and psychosocial needs of young Mexican patients with breast cancer has been enhanced through the use of preplanned, standardized data definitions and instrumentation to provide internally and externally comparable results, optimization of data collection with web-based surveys, engagement of participants to minimize missing data, and routine review for data consistency. A similar approach by other research groups could improve the quality of real-world data and accomplish enhanced inference of information.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Breast Neoplasms
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Databases, Factual
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Information Storage and Retrieval
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Health Services Research
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Mexico
Language:
En
Journal:
Clin Breast Cancer
Journal subject:
NEOPLASIAS
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Mexico