Design and methodological characteristics of studies using observational routinely collected health data for investigating the link between cancer and neurodegenerative diseases: protocol for a meta-research study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Health services generate large amounts of routine health data (eg, administrative databases, disease registries and electronic health records), which have important secondary uses for research. Increases in the availability and the ability to access and analyse large amounts of data represent a major opportunity for conducting studies on the possible relationships between complex diseases. The objective of this study will be to evaluate the design, methods and reporting of studies conducted using observational routinely collected health data for investigating the link between cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.

Methods and analysis

This is the protocol for a meta-research study. We registered the study protocol within the Open Science Framework: https://osf.i

SUBMITTER: Catala-Lopez F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9058779 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature