PMID- 25795017
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150826
LR  - 20220410
IS  - 1476-5616 (Electronic)
IS  - 0033-3506 (Linking)
VI  - 129
IP  - 5
DP  - 2015 May
TI  - Assessment of timeliness, representativeness and quality of data reported to 
      Italy's national integrated surveillance system for acute viral hepatitis 
      (SEIEVA).
PG  - 561-8
LID - S0033-3506(15)00064-5 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.02.015 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVES: Periodic assessment of surveillance systems is recommended to verify 
      whether they are appropriately monitoring the public health problem under 
      surveillance. The aim of this study was to evaluate timeliness, data quality and 
      representativeness of data reported to the Italian Integrated Epidemiological 
      System for Acute Viral Hepatitis (SEIEVA). STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis 
      of surveillance data. METHODS: Quantitative indicators were used to evaluate 
      representativeness of reported cases, data quality, and timeliness between 
      surveillance steps, for reports of acute viral hepatitis cases with date of onset 
      of symptoms from 2009 to 2012 (N = 4516). RESULTS: Representativeness was 75%. 
      Over 95% of records reported information on age, sex, city of residence, risk 
      factors for hepatitis A and vaccination status. Information on risk factors for 
      hepatitis B and C were reported less consistently (83%), as was information on 
      early outcome (60%). Wide delays were found between surveillance steps. 
      CONCLUSIONS: The system collects high quality data on acute viral hepatitis cases 
      in Italy. Timeliness was found to be the main limit and needs to be improved by 
      optimizing web-based reporting procedures, increasing communication with 
      participating centres, improving feedback and increasing dissemination of 
      surveillance results. The study highlights the importance of reporting timeliness 
      to detect outbreaks of acute viral hepatitis.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2015 The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 
      All rights reserved.
FAU - Tosti, M E
AU  - Tosti ME
AD  - National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion - National 
      Health Institute, Rome, Italy.
FAU - Longhi, S
AU  - Longhi S
AD  - Department of Public Health - Catholic University of Rome, Italy.
FAU - de Waure, C
AU  - de Waure C
AD  - Department of Public Health - Catholic University of Rome, Italy.
FAU - Mele, A
AU  - Mele A
AD  - National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion - National 
      Health Institute, Rome, Italy.
FAU - Franco, E
AU  - Franco E
AD  - Department of Biomedicine and Prevention - University "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
FAU - Ricciardi, W
AU  - Ricciardi W
AD  - Department of Public Health - Catholic University of Rome, Italy.
FAU - Filia, A
AU  - Filia A
AD  - National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion - National 
      Health Institute, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: antonietta.filia@iss.it.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20150318
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Public Health
JT  - Public health
JID - 0376507
SB  - IM
MH  - Acute Disease
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Disease Notification/*standards
MH  - Disease Outbreaks/*prevention & control
MH  - Female
MH  - Hepatitis A/epidemiology
MH  - Hepatitis B/epidemiology
MH  - Hepatitis C/epidemiology
MH  - Hepatitis, Viral, Human/*epidemiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Italy/epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Population Surveillance
MH  - Public Health Informatics/*standards
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Time Factors
MH  - Young Adult
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Acute viral hepatitis
OT  - Evaluation
OT  - Hepatitis A
OT  - Hepatitis B
OT  - Hepatitis C
OT  - Quality
OT  - Representativeness
OT  - Surveillance
OT  - Timeliness
EDAT- 2015/03/22 06:00
MHDA- 2015/08/27 06:00
CRDT- 2015/03/22 06:00
PHST- 2014/07/15 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/01/30 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2015/02/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/03/22 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/03/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/08/27 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0033-3506(15)00064-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.02.015 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Public Health. 2015 May;129(5):561-8. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.02.015. Epub 2015 
      Mar 18.