Screening Workers for Occupational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica: Development and Usability of an Electronic Data Capture Tool.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cases of the occupational lung disease silicosis have been identified in workers processing artificial stone in the stone benchtop industry (SBI). In the Australian state of Victoria, the Regulator commissioned a screening program for all workers in this industry.

Objective

To facilitate systematic data collection, including high-quality exposure assessment, an electronic data capture tool (EDCT) was developed.

Methods

A multidisciplinary team developed an EDCT using Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap; Vanderbilt University). The needs of the EDCT were (1) data entry by multiple clinicians and the workers attending for screening and (2) systematic collection of data for clinical and research purposes. The comprehensibility and utility of the tool were

SUBMITTER: Hore-Lacy F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11875104 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature