Improving the quality of industry and occupation data at a central cancer registry

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• Personal Author:
  Armenti KR ; Celaya MO ; Cherala S ; Rees JR ; Riddle B ; Schumacher PK
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: Central cancer registries are required to collect industry and occupation (I/O) information when available, but the data reported are often incomplete. METHODS: We audited the completeness of I/O data in the New Hampshire State Cancer Registry (NHSCR) database for diagnosis year 2005, and reviewed medical records for a convenience sample of 474 of these cases. We compared I/O data quality before and after a statewide registrar training session on occupationally related cancers. RESULTS: The original 2005 data contained both I/O data in 11.5% of cases, and lacked any I/O data in 74.5%. Corresponding figures for cases selected for audit were 15.2% and 77.2%, which improved to 54.2% and 11.8% after medical record review. After registrar training, 47% of reports contained both I/O data, and only 14.4% of cases lacked any I/O data. CONCLUSIONS: Statewide training to highlight the importance of I/O data is an effective method to improve I/O data quality. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Morbidity Mortality Neoplasms Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Cancer Registry Cancer Cancer-rates Data Quality Industry And Occupation Information-processing Information-retrieval-systems Information-systems Medical Record Review Morbidity-rates Mortality-data Occupational Cancer Surveillance-programs

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New Hampshire ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  53
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037768
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2010 Oct; 53(10):995-1001
• Contact Point Address:
  Karla R. Armenti, NH DHHS Division of Public Health Services, Office of Health Statistics and Data Management, 29 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301-4604
• Email:
  karmenti@dhhs.state.nh.us
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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