Collection of data in clinical studies via Internet.
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.
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Department of General and Trauma Surgery, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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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*