Multicenter data acquisition made easy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The process for data collection in multicenter trials may be troublesome and expensive. We report our experience with the spreadsheet function in Googledocs for this purpose.

Methods

In Googledocs the data manager creates a form similar to the paper case record form, which will function as a decentral data entry module. When the forms are submitted, they are presented in a spreadsheet in Googledocs, which can be exported to different standard spreadsheet formats.

Results

For a multicenter randomized clinical trial with five different participating hospitals we created a decentral data entry module using the spreadsheet function in Googledocs. The study comprised 332 patients (clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT00815698) with five visits per patient. One pers

SUBMITTER: Rosenberg J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2873275 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature