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Feutz E, Biswas PK, Ndeketa L, Ogwel B, Onwuchekwa U, Sarwar G, Sultana S, Peñataro Yori P, Acebedo A, Ahmed N, Ahmed I, Atlas HE, Awuor AO, Bhuiyan MAI, Conteh B, Diawara O, Elwood S, Fane M, Hossen MI, Ireen M, Jallow AF, Karim M, Kosek MN, Kotloff KL, Lefu C, Liu J, Maguire R, Qamar FN, Ndalama M, Ochieng JB, Okonji C, Paredes LFZ, Pavlinac PB, Perez K, Qureshi S, Schiaffino F, Traore M, Tickell KD, Wachepa R, Witte D, Cornick J, Jahangir Hossain M, Khanam F, Olortegui MP, Omore R, Sow SO, Yousafzai MT, Galagan SR. Data Management in Multicountry Consortium Studies: The Enterics For Global Health (EFGH) Shigella Surveillance Study Example. Open Forum Infect Dis 2024; 11:S48-S57. [PMID: 38532952 PMCID: PMC10962719 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Background Rigorous data management systems and planning are essential to successful research projects, especially for large, multicountry consortium studies involving partnerships across multiple institutions. Here we describe the development and implementation of data management systems and procedures for the Enterics For Global Health (EFGH) Shigella surveillance study-a 7-country diarrhea surveillance study that will conduct facility-based surveillance concurrent with population-based enumeration and a health care utilization survey to estimate the incidence of Shigella--associated diarrhea in children 6 to 35 months old. Methods The goals of EFGH data management are to utilize the knowledge and experience of consortium members to collect high-quality data and ensure equity in access and decision-making. During the planning phase before study initiation, a working group of representatives from each EFGH country site, the coordination team, and other partners met regularly to develop the data management systems for the study. Results This resulted in the Data Management Plan, which included selecting REDCap and SurveyCTO as the primary database systems. Consequently, we laid out procedures for data processing and storage, study monitoring and reporting, data quality control and assurance activities, and data access. The data management system and associated real-time visualizations allow for rapid data cleaning activities and progress monitoring and will enable quicker time to analysis. Conclusions Experiences from this study will contribute toward enriching the sparse landscape of data management methods publications and serve as a case study for future studies seeking to collect and manage data consistently and rigorously while maintaining equitable access to and control of data.
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Affiliation(s)
- Erika Feutz
- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
| | - Prasanta K Biswas
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
| | - Latif Ndeketa
- Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
- Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
| | - Billy Ogwel
- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Center for Global Health Research (KEMRI-CGHR), Kisumu, Kenya
| | - Uma Onwuchekwa
- Centre pour le Développement des Vaccins du Mali (CVD-Mali), Bamako, Mali
| | - Golam Sarwar
- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
| | - Shazia Sultana
- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
| | - Pablo Peñataro Yori
- Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
| | - Alyssa Acebedo
- American Association for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - Naveed Ahmed
- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
| | - Imran Ahmed
- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
| | - Hannah E Atlas
- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
| | - Alex O Awuor
- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Center for Global Health Research (KEMRI-CGHR), Kisumu, Kenya
| | | | - Bakary Conteh
- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
| | - Oualy Diawara
- Centre pour le Développement des Vaccins du Mali (CVD-Mali), Bamako, Mali
| | - Sarah Elwood
- Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
| | - Moussa Fane
- Centre pour le Développement des Vaccins du Mali (CVD-Mali), Bamako, Mali
| | - Md Ismail Hossen
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
| | - Mahzabeen Ireen
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
| | - Abdoulie F Jallow
- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
| | - Mehrab Karim
- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
| | - Margaret N Kosek
- Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
| | - Karen L Kotloff
- Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
| | - Clement Lefu
- Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi
| | - Jie Liu
- School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
| | - Rebecca Maguire
- Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
| | - Farah Naz Qamar
- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
| | | | - John Benjamin Ochieng
- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Center for Global Health Research (KEMRI-CGHR), Kisumu, Kenya
| | - Caleb Okonji
- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Center for Global Health Research (KEMRI-CGHR), Kisumu, Kenya
| | | | - Patricia B Pavlinac
- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
| | - Karin Perez
- Asociación Benéfica Prisma, Iquitos, Loreto, Peru
| | - Sonia Qureshi
- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
| | - Francesca Schiaffino
- Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
| | - Moussa Traore
- Centre pour le Développement des Vaccins du Mali (CVD-Mali), Bamako, Mali
| | - Kirkby D Tickell
- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
| | | | - Desiree Witte
- Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi
- Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
| | - Jennifer Cornick
- Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
| | - M Jahangir Hossain
- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
| | - Farhana Khanam
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
| | | | - Richard Omore
- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Center for Global Health Research (KEMRI-CGHR), Kisumu, Kenya
| | - Samba O Sow
- Centre pour le Développement des Vaccins du Mali (CVD-Mali), Bamako, Mali
| | | | - Sean R Galagan
- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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