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Older people are the biggest consumers of health care and therefore almost all nurses, whatever their chosen setting and specialty, find themselves directly involved in addressing their needs. Older people often have multiple health and other issues. How can nurses of the future be prepared effectively to take up this role?

Data management in practice-based research.

Objective: Multi-site data collection is complex and requires an effective data management system. This article explores data management issues encountered in the design, conduct, and analysis of a research project involving 74 community-based sites and a central data management system.

Results: Once the data arrived at the central site, data integrity was maintained at a very high level.