ArticleClinical epidemiology2021
Assessing the Validity and Cover Rate of the National Swedish Hernia Register.
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- Preoperative predictors of chronic pain after laparoendoscopic groin hernia repair: A Swedish Hernia Registry study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Article
- Reoperation for Recurrence After Groin Hernia Repair in Adolescents: A Nationwide Register-Based Cohort Study.World journal of surgery · 2025Article
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- Short- and Long-Term Outcomes After Emergency Groin Hernia Surgery: A Nationwide Population-Based Study from the Swedish Hernia Register.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- Improved outcomes after groin hernia surgery in Sweden between 1992 and 2021: Swedish Hernia Register.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Article
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- Lessons learnt from the construction and implementation of a prospective ventral hernia database.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024Article
- Incidence of groin hernia repairs in women and parity: a population-based cohort study among women born in Sweden between 1956 and 1983.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024Article
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- Data quality validation of the Spanish Incisional Hernia Surgery Registry (EVEREG): pilot study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023Article
- Female Groin Hernia Repairs in the Swedish Hernia Register 1992-2022: A Review With Updates.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2023Article
- Tale of Two Centres-Exploring Bedside Challenges to Implementing a Clinical Quality Registry for Abdominal Wall Hernias in Metropolitan Australia.ANZ journal of surgeryArticle
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Abstract
aimTo assess the validity and cover rate of the Swedish hernia register. MATERIAL AND
methodsSince the start of the Swedish Hernia register an annual review of randomly selected hospitals has been carried out, and since 2013 in a more standardized form to allow a systematic data collection and evaluation. 10% of all clinics were randomly selected each year in a specific region of Sweden, ensuring a systematic validation of all regions from north to south. Data from 2013 to 2018 were analyzed regarding data quality and from 2014 to 2018 regarding cover rate. All operations registered at the validated clinics were compared with the Swedish Hernia Register to assess cover rate. Fifty operations were randomly selected at each clinic and data in the Swedish Hernia register were compared with the medical records to evaluate data quality.
resultsFifty-five clinics was evaluated and a total of 73,764 variables were compared with the medical records. Cover rate between 2014 and 2018 was 97%. The proportion of correct variables was 98% between 2013 and 2018. Most frequent errors were ASA score, date at which the patient was put on the waiting list and postoperative complications.
conclusionThis unique validation of a national hernia register shows a high cover rate and good quality of data. Efforts to maintain and improve national registers are of great importance. Research with data from the Swedish hernia register should be evaluated on the basis of the results presented in this study.
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