Collection of data in clinical studies via Internet

E Keim; H Sippel; H P Eich; C Ohmann

Collection of data in clinical studies via Internet

Stud Health Technol Inform. 1997:43 Pt A:57-60.

Authors

E Keim¹, H Sippel, H P Eich, C Ohmann

Affiliation

¹ Department of General and Trauma Surgery, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.

PMID: 10179594

Abstract

This paper describes a system enabling data collection in multicenter clinical trials via WWW and Internet. The form-based data entry is based on HTML documents with JavaScript linked to a relational database (mSQL) via a cgi program (w3-msql). The design has been applied to a multi-national study in acute abdominal pain, for which eight clinical forms have been developed. The system is now in test use and experiences with this approach are presented.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Abdominal Pain / diagnosis
Abdominal Pain / physiopathology
Abdominal Pain / therapy
Clinical Trials as Topic / methods*
Computer Communication Networks*
Data Collection / methods*
Humans
International Cooperation
Multicenter Studies as Topic / methods*