Evaluation of the Canadian Forces Injury Surveillance Pilot Project in Valcartier, Québec

Introduction: An injury surveillance system was piloted in 2011 to monitor injuries in Canadian Forces. This evaluation of the key system attributes examined system performance. Methods: A retrospective chart review, a coding reliability study, a completeness of forms study and a key informant inter...

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Main Author: Sarbu, Claudia L.
Other Authors: Ramsay, Timothy
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/30719
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-3608
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spelling ndltd-uottawa.ca-oai-ruor.uottawa.ca-10393-307192018-01-05T19:01:53Z Evaluation of the Canadian Forces Injury Surveillance Pilot Project in Valcartier, Québec Sarbu, Claudia L. Ramsay, Timothy Injury Surveillance System Evaluation Introduction: An injury surveillance system was piloted in 2011 to monitor injuries in Canadian Forces. This evaluation of the key system attributes examined system performance. Methods: A retrospective chart review, a coding reliability study, a completeness of forms study and a key informant interview. Results: Sensitivity was 0.36 (95% CI: 0.28, 0.46). The system was missing patients over age 35. Kappa coefficients over 0.80 demonstrated good agreement. Completeness of forms study demonstrated high percentages of response for most questions and lower rates for questions related to using protective equipment, and consent for information sharing. Interviews proved acceptability to stakeholders, usefulness for identifying clusters and trends, simple and complete data collection, and flexibility. Conclusion: The injury surveillance system had good potential for several reasons: data collection did not require additional work in clinics; the system was well accepted and partially proved usefulness and timeliness in identifying unusual injury events. 2014-03-31T20:52:39Z 2014-03-31T20:52:39Z 2014 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10393/30719 http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-3608 en Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
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topic Injury
Surveillance System
Evaluation
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Surveillance System
Evaluation
Sarbu, Claudia L.
Evaluation of the Canadian Forces Injury Surveillance Pilot Project in Valcartier, Québec
description Introduction: An injury surveillance system was piloted in 2011 to monitor injuries in Canadian Forces. This evaluation of the key system attributes examined system performance. Methods: A retrospective chart review, a coding reliability study, a completeness of forms study and a key informant interview. Results: Sensitivity was 0.36 (95% CI: 0.28, 0.46). The system was missing patients over age 35. Kappa coefficients over 0.80 demonstrated good agreement. Completeness of forms study demonstrated high percentages of response for most questions and lower rates for questions related to using protective equipment, and consent for information sharing. Interviews proved acceptability to stakeholders, usefulness for identifying clusters and trends, simple and complete data collection, and flexibility. Conclusion: The injury surveillance system had good potential for several reasons: data collection did not require additional work in clinics; the system was well accepted and partially proved usefulness and timeliness in identifying unusual injury events.
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title Evaluation of the Canadian Forces Injury Surveillance Pilot Project in Valcartier, Québec
title_short Evaluation of the Canadian Forces Injury Surveillance Pilot Project in Valcartier, Québec
title_full Evaluation of the Canadian Forces Injury Surveillance Pilot Project in Valcartier, Québec
title_fullStr Evaluation of the Canadian Forces Injury Surveillance Pilot Project in Valcartier, Québec
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of the Canadian Forces Injury Surveillance Pilot Project in Valcartier, Québec
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