scholarly journals Development of a Database Quality Assurance Score (dQAS) to validate the Nigeria AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS) Database. (Preprint)

10.2196/25752 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamisu M. Salihu ◽  
Zenab Yusuf ◽  
Deepa Dongarwar ◽  
Sani H. Aliyu ◽  
Rafeek A. Yusuf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Database Quality

Development of a Database Quality Assurance Score (dQAS) to Validate the Nigeria AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS) Database (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepa Dongarwar
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Performance Measure ◽  
Evaluation Tool ◽  
Expert Review ◽  
Technical Performance ◽  
Database Evaluation ◽  
Validation Score ◽  
Quality Assessment Score ◽  
Database Quality

BACKGROUND In 2018, Nigeria implemented the world’s largest HIV survey “The Nigeria AIDS Indicator and Impact survey (NAIIS)”, with the overarching goal of obtaining more reliable metrics regarding the national scope of HIV epidemic control in Nigeria. OBJECTIVE To (1) describe the processes involved in the development of a new database evaluation tool (“Database Quality Assurance Score [dQAS]) (2) Assess the application of the dQAS in the evaluation and validation of the NAIIS database. METHODS With the assistance of expert review panelists, the dQAS tool was created using an online Delphi (e-Delphi) methodology. Thematic categories were developed to form superordinate categories that grouped themes together. Subordinate categories were then created that decomposed themes down for more specificity. A validation score was employed to assess the technical performance of the NAIIS database. This culminated in the development of the dQAS. RESULTS The finalized dQAS tool was composed of 34 items with a total score of 81.The tool has two sections; a validation item section - which contains 5 sub-sections; and a quality assessment score section, which assigns a score of “1” for “Yes” to indicate that the performance measure item was present and “0” for “No” to indicate that the measure was absent. There were also additional scaling scores ranging from “0” to a maximum of “4” depending on the measure. The NAIIS database achieved 78 out of the maximum total score of 81, yielding an overall technical performance score of 96.3%, which placed it in the highest category denoted as “Exceptional”. CONCLUSIONS This study showed the feasibility of remote internet-based collaboration for the development of dQAS - a tool to assess the validity of a locally-created database infrastructure for a developing setting. Using dQAS, the NAIIS database was found to be valid, reliable and a valuable source of data for future population-based HIV-related studies.

Quality assurance: one school's response

1990 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 228-229
Author(s):  
KJ Wittemann
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance

Trends in quality assurance in the dental profession

1990 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 224-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Marcus
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Dental Profession

Comprehensive dental care. Quality assurance: definitions and directions for the 1980s

1984 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 27-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
AJ DiAngelis
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Dental Care ◽  
Care Quality

From Quality Assurance To Total Quality Management

1991 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol M. Frattali
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Total Quality Management ◽  
Total Quality

Outcomes/Quality Assurance

1999 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-17
Author(s):  
Michael Groher ◽  
Caryn Easterling
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance

Percutaneous Tracheostomy: A Multidisciplinary Approach

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinciya Pandian ◽  
Thai Tran Nguyen ◽  
Marek Mirski ◽  
Nasir Islam Bhatti
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Percutaneous Tracheostomy ◽  
Johns Hopkins Hospital ◽  
Prospective Data ◽  
Comprehensive Service ◽  
Over Time

Abstract The techniques of performing a tracheostomy has transformed over time. Percutaneous tracheostomy is gaining popularity over open tracheostomy given its advantages and as a result the number of bedside tracheostomies has increased necessitating the need for a Percutaneous Tracheostomy Program. The Percutaneous Tracheostomy Program at the Johns Hopkins Hospital is a comprehensive service that provides care to patients before, during, and after a tracheostomy with a multidisciplinary approach aimed at decreasing complications. Education is provided to patients, families, and health-care professionals who are involved in the management of a tracheostomy. Ongoing prospective data collection serves as a tool for Quality Assurance.

Quality assurance of volumetric modulated arc therapy using Elekta Synergy

2009 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akihiro Haga ◽  
Keiichi Nakagawa ◽  
Kenshiro Shiraishi ◽  
Saori Itoh ◽  
Atsuro Terahara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy ◽  
Arc Therapy

Study of quality assurance in prevention and therapy of pressure sores by measurement of overlay pressure with test persons on different prophylaxis systems

Pflege ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 297-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Roales-Welsch ◽  
Antaszek ◽  
Hense ◽  
Pfeiffer ◽  
Freyenhagen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Pressure Sores ◽  
Os Coccygis ◽  
Prevention And Therapy

In dieser Studie zur Qualitätssicherung in der Prophylaxe und Therapie des Dekubitus durch Auflagedruckmessungen bei Probanden auf sechs Weichlagerungs- und fünf Wechseldrucksystemen war die Zielsetzung, eine Ist-Analyse der am Klinikum eingesetzten Antidekubitushilfsmittel durchzuführen. Außerdem galt es herauszufinden, ob die angewandte Methode der pneumatischen Druckmessung mit Probanden auch im Versorgungsalltag verwendbar ist. Können verlässliche und valide Messdaten erwartet werden, wenn man bei betroffenen Patienten Messungen durchführt? Zur Beantwortung dieser Fragen wurden bei 23/19 Probanden, auch in Seitenlage, durch das Platzieren von Messmatten zwischen Körper und unterschiedliche Antidekubitussysteme Messungen durchgeführt. Bei den Weichlagerungssystemen kann an allen Messorten eine signifikante Druckreduzierung (p < 0,05), am Os coccygis eine hochsignifikante Druckreduzierung (p < 0,01) nachgewiesen werden. Bei den Wechseldrucksystemen liegt der Mittelwert der maximalen Druckbelastung über 12 min bei unterschiedlicher Amplitude (75,47 mmHg–5 mmHg) und verschiedener Frequenz (1,5 min–10 min) zwischen 56,39 mmHg und 38,94 mmHg.

Quality assurance in defense adjudication: An adjudicator workshop for defining and assessing quality

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph M. Carney ◽  
Joanne Marshall-Mies ◽  
Daniel G. Youpa ◽  
Whitney B. Helton-Fauth
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance
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