PMID- 29584795
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20201001
IS  - 2220-8372 (Print)
IS  - 2220-8372 (Electronic)
IS  - 2220-8372 (Linking)
VI  - 7
IP  - 4
DP  - 2017 Dec 21
TI  - Sensitivity, completeness and agreement of the tuberculosis electronic system in 
      Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
PG  - 294-298
LID - 10.5588/pha.17.0081 [doi]
AB  - Setting: Since 2011, tuberculosis (TB) clinics in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Viet 
      Nam, have been entering data from a paper-based TB treatment register into an 
      electronic database known as VITIMES (Viet Nam TB Information Management 
      Electronic System), which is currently used in parallel with the paper system. 
      Objective: To evaluate the sensitivity, completeness and agreement of data in 
      VITIMES with that of paper-based registers among TB patients co-infected with the 
      human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) being treated for TB in HCMC. Design: This was 
      a retrospective data review of all TB-HIV patients receiving anti-tuberculosis 
      treatment in each of the 24 district TB clinics in HCMC in 2013. Data were 
      abstracted from the paper-based TB treatment registers at district level and 
      extracted electronically at the provincial level. Records were matched based on 
      name, age and address. The sensitivity, completeness and agreement of the 
      electronic data were compared with data from the paper system. Results: The 
      findings showed that the electronic system had high sensitivity (99.2%), high 
      completeness (87-99%) and high agreement (kappa 0.78-0.97) for all variables. 
      Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that data are being correctly 
      entered into VITIMES and that patient data can be directly entered into VITIMES 
      instead of having a parallel, paper-based system.
FAU - Thai, L H
AU  - Thai LH
AD  - United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Viet Nam Office, 
      Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
FAU - Nhat, L M
AU  - Nhat LM
AD  - Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
FAU - Shah, N
AU  - Shah N
AD  - Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
      Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
FAU - Lyss, S
AU  - Lyss S
AD  - CDC Viet Nam Office, Ha Noi, Viet Nam.
FAU - Ackers, M
AU  - Ackers M
AD  - United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Viet Nam Office, 
      Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - France
TA  - Public Health Action
JT  - Public health action
JID - 101624961
PMC - PMC5753783
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - HIV
OT  - TB
OT  - electronic system
OT  - paper system
COIS- Conflict of interests: none declared.
EDAT- 2018/03/28 06:00
MHDA- 2018/03/28 06:01
PMCR- 2017/12/21
CRDT- 2018/03/28 06:00
PHST- 2017/09/14 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/11/09 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/03/28 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/03/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/03/28 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/12/21 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.5588/pha.17.0081 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Public Health Action. 2017 Dec 21;7(4):294-298. doi: 10.5588/pha.17.0081.