title: Collection of data in clinical studies via Internet.
abstract: This paper describes a system enabling data collection in multicenter clinical trials via WWW and Internet. The form-based data entry is based on HTML documents with JavaScript linked to a relational database (mSQL) via a cgi program (w3-msql). The design has been applied to a multi-national study in acute abdominal pain, for which eight clinical forms have been developed. The system is now in test use and experiences with this approach are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Trauma Surgery, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Keim
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sippel
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Eich
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ohmann
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic / Q000379:methods*