Quality of data collected for severity of illness scores in the Dutch National Intensive Care Evaluation (NICE) registry

To analyse the quality of data used to measure severity of illness in the Dutch National Intensive Care Evaluation (NICE) registry, after implementation of quality improving procedures. Data were re-abstracted from the paper records of patients or the Patient Data Management System and compared to t...

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Published in:Intensive care medicine 2002-05, Vol.28 (5), p.656-659
Main Authors: ARTS, Daniëlle, DE KEIZER, Nicolette, SCHEFFER, Gert-Jan, DE JONGE, Evert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
APACHE
Biological and medical sciences
Documentation - standards
Health Services Research
Humans
Intensive care medicine
Intensive Care Units - standards
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Netherlands
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Registries - standards
Registries - statistics & numerical data
Severity of Illness Index
Statistics, Nonparametric
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Summary:To analyse the quality of data used to measure severity of illness in the Dutch National Intensive Care Evaluation (NICE) registry, after implementation of quality improving procedures. Data were re-abstracted from the paper records of patients or the Patient Data Management System and compared to the data contained in the registry. The re-abstracted data were considered to be the gold standard. ICUs of nine Dutch hospitals that had been collecting data for the NICE registry for at least 1 year. The mean percentages of inaccurate and incomplete data, per hospital, over all variables, were 6.1%+/-4.4 (SD) and 2.7%+/-4.4 (SD), respectively. The mean difference in severity of illness scores between registry data and re-abstracted data was 0.2 points for APACHE II and 0.4 points for SAPS II. The mean difference in predicted mortality according to APACHE II and SAPS II between registry data and re-abstracted data was 0.4% and 0.02%, respectively. The current data quality of the NICE registry is good and justifies evaluative research. These positive results might be explained by the implementation of several quality assurance procedures in the NICE registry, such as training and automatic data checks. Electronic supplementary material to this paper can be obtained by using the Springer LINK server located at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-002-1272-z
ISSN:0342-4642
1432-1238
DOI:10.1007/s00134-002-1272-z