Use of a microcomputer for recording dental epidemiologic data.
A portable data recording system that works on the basis of a microcomputer has been developed. The main advantage of this system consists in the carrying out of checks for illogical and contradictory entries during the process of recording. False entries can immediately be corrected. The data are temporarily stored on disks. Subsequent to the completion of the investigation they are automatically transmitted by a transfer program to the computer-system in the computer center. This excludes any human errors occurring in the course of the transfer of the data. During a pilot study, the advantages of the microcomputer system were shown by comparing frequency of examination and recording errors using conventional recording methods and the microcomputer system.
D003201:Computers; D004813:Epidemiology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008838:Microcomputers; D009909:Oral Health; D010865:Pilot Projects