Rationale: High data quality is essential to ensure the validity of clinical and research inferences based on it. However, these data quality assessments are often missing even though these data are used in daily practice and research.
Aims And Objectives: Our objective was to evaluate the data quality of our high-resolution electronic database (HRDB) implemented in our paediatric intensive care unit (PICU).
Methods: We conducted a prospective validation study of a HRDB in a 32-bed paediatric medical, surgical, and cardiac PICU in a tertiary care freestanding maternal-child health centre in Canada. All patients admitted to the PICU with at least one vital sign monitored using a cardiorespiratory monitor connected to the central monitoring station.
Results: Between June 2017 and August 2018, data from 295 patient days were recorded from medical devices and 4645 data points were video recorded and compared to the corresponding data collected in the HRDB. Statistical analysis showed an excellent overall correlation (R = 1), accuracy (100%), agreement (bias = 0, limits of agreement = 0), completeness (2% missing data), and reliability (ICC = 1) between recorded and collected data within clinically significant pre-defined limits of agreement. Divergent points could all be explained.
Conclusions: This prospective validation of a representative sample showed an excellent overall data quality.
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Ann Med
December 2025
Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Background: Despite the high prevalence of mental stress among physicians, reliable screening tools are scarce. This study aimed to evaluate the capability of the Physician Well-Being Index (PWBI) in identifying distress and adverse consequences among Chinese physicians.
Methods: This cross-sectional online survey recruited 2803 physicians from Southern Mainland China snowball sampling between October and December 2020.
An Bras Dermatol
March 2025
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address:
Background: Chronic pruritus is the defining symptom of atopic dermatitis (AD). Although AD is common in Latin America, there is little data regarding pruritus intensity, characteristics, and effects on quality of life in this population.
Objective: This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate pruritus in 91 patients with AD at a tertiary university hospital in São Paulo, Brazil.
J Pediatr Urol
February 2025
Department of Pediatric Urology, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Introduction: The American Urological Association (AUA) recommends urology referral and surgery for undescended testicle (UDT) before 18 months of age, but it has been shown that many referrals occur later, influenced by social factors.
Objective: This study aims to identify key social factors that impact UDT referral timing and appropriateness.
Study Design: Pediatric patients referred to our institution for UDT management from 2018 to 2023 were analyzed.
J Prosthet Dent
March 2025
Adjunct Professor, Department of Dental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Statement Of Problem: Extraoral photogrammetry (PG) systems can record implant positions in 1 scan or in 2 scans that are then merged. However, the accuracy of implant positions recorded in 2 partial photogrammetry scans is unknown.
Purpose: The purpose of this in vitro study was to compare the accuracy of complete arch implant scans recorded in 1 or 2 scans by using 3 extraoral PG systems.
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