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Brixval CS, Thygesen LC, Johansen NR, et al. Validity of a hospital-based obstetric register using medical records as reference. Clin Epidemiol. 2015;7:509-15doi: 10.2147/CLEP.S93675.
Brixval, C. S., Thygesen, L. C., Johansen, N. R., Rørbye, C., Weber, T., Due, P., & Koushede, V. (2015). Validity of a hospital-based obstetric register using medical records as reference. Clinical epidemiology, 7509-15. https://doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S93675
Brixval, Carina Sjöberg, et al. "Validity of a hospital-based obstetric register using medical records as reference." Clinical epidemiology vol. 7 (2015): 509-15. doi: https://doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S93675
Brixval CS, Thygesen LC, Johansen NR, Rørbye C, Weber T, Due P, Koushede V. Validity of a hospital-based obstetric register using medical records as reference. Clin Epidemiol. 2015 Nov 26;7:509-15. doi: 10.2147/CLEP.S93675. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26648757; PMCID: PMC4664439.
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Clin Epidemiol. 2015 Nov 26;7:509-15. doi: 10.2147/CLEP.S93675. eCollection 2015.

Validity of a hospital-based obstetric register using medical records as reference.

Clinical epidemiology

Carina Sjöberg Brixval, Lau Caspar Thygesen, Nanna Roed Johansen, Christina Rørbye, Tom Weber, Pernille Due, Vibeke Koushede

Affiliations

  1. National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  2. Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  3. Copenhagen University Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark.

PMID: 26648757 PMCID: PMC4664439 DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S93675

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Data from hospital-based registers and medical records offer valuable sources of information for clinical and epidemiological research purposes. However, conducting high-quality epidemiological research requires valid and complete data sources.

OBJECTIVE: To assess completeness and validity of a hospital-based clinical register - the Obstetric Database - using a national register and medical records as references.

METHODS: We assessed completeness of a hospital-based clinical register - the Obstetric Database - by linking data from all women registered in the Obstetric Database as having given birth in 2013 to the National Patient Register with coverage of all births in 2013. Validity of eleven selected indicators from the Obstetric Database was assessed using medical records as a golden standard. Using a random sample of 250 medical records, we calculated proportion of agreement, sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values for each indicator. Two assessors independently reviewed medical records and inter-rater reliability was calculated as proportion of agreement and Cohen's κ coefficient.

RESULTS: We found 100% completeness of the Obstetric Database when compared to the Danish National Patient Register. Except for one delivery all 6,717 deliveries were present in both registers. Proportion of agreement between the Obstetric Database and medical records ranged from 91.1% to 99.6% for the eleven indicators. The validity measures ranged from 0.70 to 1.00 indicating high validity of the Obstetric Database. κ coefficients from the inter-rater reliability ranged from 0.71 to 1.00.

CONCLUSION: Completeness and validity of the Obstetric Database were found acceptable when using the National Patient Register and medical records as golden standards. The Obstetric Database therefore offers a valuable source for examining clinical, administrative, and research questions.

Keywords: completeness; hospital register; obstetric register; register-based; validity

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