scholarly journals Is Prenatal Sex Selection An Issue in Australia? A Population-Based Study of 1,191,250 Births 1999-2015 Using the Victorian Perinatal Data Collection

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 19-19
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Sex Selection ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Perinatal Data

scholarly journals The use of the Internet in collecting CDI data – an example from Norway

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 567-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
KRISTIAN E. KRISTOFFERSEN ◽  
HANNE GRAM SIMONSEN ◽  
DORTHE BLESES ◽  
SONJA WEHBERG ◽  
RUNE NØRGÅRD JØRGENSEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Short Description ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Communicative Development ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Selection Of

ABSTRACTThis article presents the methodology used in a population-based study of early communicative development in Norwegian children using an adaptation of the MacArthur-Bates communicative development inventories (CDI), comprising approximately 6500 children aged between 0 ; 8 and 3 ; 0. To our knowledge, this is the first CDI study collecting data via the Internet. After a short description of the procedures used in adapting the CDI to Norwegian and the selection of participants, we discuss the advantages and potential pitfalls of using web-based forms as a method of data collection. We found that use of web-based forms was far less time-consuming, and therefore also far less expensive than the traditional paper-based forms. The risk of coding errors was virtually eliminated with this method. We conclude that in a society with high access to the Internet, this is a method well worth pursuing.

scholarly journals POS0084 SEPTIC ARTHRITIS IN CHILDREN. A LONGITUDINAL POPULATION-BASED STUDY IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 250.2-250
Author(s):  
J. Nossent ◽  
D. Preen ◽  
H. Keen ◽  
W. Raymond ◽  
C. Inderjeeth
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Septic Arthritis ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Annual Incidence ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Female Patients ◽  
Western Australian

Background:The incidence of Septic arthritis (SA) in adults is rising, but few data are available for children (1). SA symptomatology in young children is often atypical and delayed diagnosis can cause significant morbidity.Objectives:To describe the incidence, risk factors and long-term outcomes in children hospitalised with septic arthritis (SA) in Western Australia (WA).Methods:We extracted population-based longitudinally linked administrative health data for patients under 16 years with a first inpatient primary or secondary code of 711.xx (ICD9-CM) and M00.xx (ICD10-AM) in WA for the study period 1990-2010 (to allow a minimum 5 year followup). We report annual incidence rates per 100.000 (AIR), prior conditions during lookback (median 15 months, IQR 5-45) as well as joint and other comorbidities including Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) and standardised mortality rates (SMR) during a median follow-up of 10 years. Age and gender speficic population and mortality rate data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.Results:A total of 891 patients (62% male, median age 6.4 (IQR 1.9-10.6) years with 34% <3 years of age) had a first admission for SA. AIR was 9.85 (CI 4.79-14.41) overall with higher rates in males (11.9 vs 7, p<0.01) and no apparent period (Figure 1) or seasonal variation. Knees (43.9%), hips (34.6%), and ankles (13.3%) were most frequently affected with Staphylococci (49%) the predominant organism in patients with positive cultures (41.5%). Prior infections (40.4%) and respiratory disease (7 %) were the main preexisting morbidities. Mean hospital stay was 5.78 (± 6.4) days with ICU admission required in 1.9%, while 30-day readmittance rate was 10.4%. During follow-up 25 patients (3%) had recurrent/persistent osteomyelitis, nine patients were diagnosed with osteoarthrosis (1.1%) and five patients (0.6%) underwent joint replacement. More female patients developed new comorbidity (CCI>0, 34.6 vs 27.2%, p=0.02) including diabetes (4.2% vs 0%, p=0.001), cardiovascular events (4.2 vs 1.4%, p=0.002) and chronic arthritis (1% vs 0, p=0.05). While the crude mortality rate was low (0.3%) SMR was significantly increased for female patients (10.52, CI 1.59-41.6).Conclusion:The statewide incidence of septic arthritis in children in WA is similar to a recent report (1) and did not change over a 20-year period. In this large population based study, subsequent bone/joint disease occured in 4.6 %, while a third of patients developed other comorbidity before the age of 18. Such (subclinical) comorbidity may thus be a contributing factor to SA development and to the increased mortality risk in female SA patients.References:[1]Cohen E, Katz T, Rahamim E, Bulkowstein S, Weisel Y, Leibovitz R, Fruchtman Y, Leibovitz E. Septic arthritis in children: Updated epidemiologic, microbiologic, clinical and therapeutic correlations. Pediatr Neonatol. 2020 Jun;61(3):325-330. doi: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2020.02.006Figure 1.Annual incidence of septic arthritis per 100,000 population <16 years in Western Australia over period 1990-2010 by gender.Acknowledgements:The authors wish to thank the Arthritis Foundation of WA for their support and would like to acknowledge the support of the Western Australian Data Linkage Branch, the Western Australian Department of Health, and the data custodians of, the Hospital and Morbidity Data Collection, the Emergency Department Data Collection the WA Cancer Register and the WA Death Register for their assistance with data collection.Disclosure of Interests:None declared.

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