Designing the Minimum Data Set for Orthopedic Injuries

AuthorAli Mohammadien
AuthorMaryam‏ ‏ Ahmadien
AuthorAzadeh Bashirien
AuthorZahra ‏ ‏Nazemi‎en
Issued Date2014-09-21en
AbstractBackground: Orthopedic injuries are the most common types of injuries. To identify the main causes of injuries, collecting data in the standard manner at the national level are needed, which justifies necessity of making a minimum data set. The aim of this study was designing a minimum data set for orthopedic injuries.Methods: This research was applied and performed in a descriptive and cross-sectional manner in 2013. Data collected from hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences that had orthopedic department, insurance, medico-legal and emergency centers, and so internet and library. Research documents were orthopedic injury records in 2012 and documents that retrieved from the internet. Records with Random sampling by S22-S99 categories from ICD_10 were selected, and the related Internet sourced data was evaluated entirely. Data collected using a checklist. In order to make a consensus about the data elements the Delphi technique was applied, using a questionnaire. The content validity of questionnaire was assessed using expert’s opinions and reliability by test-retest method.Results: A minimum data set of orthopedic injuries divided into two categories: administrative with six classes including 142 data elements, and clinical with 17 classes including 250 data elements.en
DOIhttps://doi.org/en
KeywordMinimum Data Seten
Keywordorthopedicen
Keywordinjuriesen
PublisherBrieflandsen
TitleDesigning the Minimum Data Set for Orthopedic Injuriesen
TypeResearch Articleen

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