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Challenges in data quality: the influence of data quality assessments on data availability and completeness in a voluntary medical male circumcision programme in Zimbabwe.
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- Healthcare data quality assessment for improving the quality of the Korea Biobank Network.PloS one · 2023Article
- How to estimate health service coverage in 58 districts of Benin with no survey data: Using hybrid estimation to fill the gaps.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Data quality of the routine health management information system at the primary healthcare facility and district levels in Tanzania.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2020Article
- Incorporating Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Into Traditional Circumcision Contexts: Experiences of a Local Consortium in Zimbabwe Collaborating With an Ethnic Group.Global health, science and practice · 2019Article
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- Implementing voluntary medical male circumcision using an innovative, integrated, health systems approach: experiences from 21 districts in Zimbabwe.Global health action · 2018Article
- Improving the ability of districts in Uganda to monitor their HIV programs.East African journal of applied health monitoring and evaluation · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess availability and completeness of data collected before and after a data quality audit (DQA) in voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) sites in Zimbabwe to determine the effect of this process on data quality.
setting4 of 10 VMMC sites in Zimbabwe that received a DQA in February, 2015 selected by convenience sampling.
participantsRetrospective reviews of all client intake forms (CIFs) from November, 2014 and May, 2015. A total of 1400 CIFs were included from those 2 months across four sites. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOMES: Data availability was measured as the percentage of VMMC clients whose CIF was on file at each site. A data evaluation tool measured the completeness of 34 key CIF variables. A comparison of pre-DQA and post-DQA results was conducted using χ
resultsAfter the DQA, high record availability of over 98% was maintained by sites 3 and 4. For sites 1 and 2, record availability increased by 8.0% (p=0.001) and 9.7% (p=0.02), respectively. After the DQA, sites 1, 2 and 3 improved significantly in data completeness across 34 key indicators, increasing by 8.6% (p<0.001), 2.7% (p=0.003) and 3.8% (p<0.001), respectively. For site 4, CIF data completeness decreased by 1.7% (p<0.01) after the DQA.
conclusionsOur findings suggest that CIF data availability and completeness generally improved after the DQA. However, gaps in documentation of vital signs and adverse events signal areas for improvement. Additional emphasis on data completeness would help support high-quality programme implementation and availability of reliable data for decision-making.
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