Design and quality control of a database for postoperative infectious complications following gastrointestinal surgery based on clinical practice

Abstract

The Prevalence of Abdominal Complications After Gastroenterological Surgery (PACAGE) study was the first to report epidemiological data on postoperative infectious complications of gastrointestinal surgery nationwide in China. Based on the experience of the PACAGE study, this paper mainly discusses the project design management and data quality control of clinical practice-based database on postoperative infectious complications of gastrointestinal surgery. It also emphasises the importance of specific research objectives and resource planning, and highlights the application effect of a simplified case report form combined with software analysis on data quality control. The data mining of the PACAGE database has great potential and broad application prospects to support clinical decision-making and academic research.