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ARS-toscana / ConcePTIONAlgorithmPregnancies

Repository of the script of the ConcePTION Algorithm for Pregnancies
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Unclear how to complete validation variables #24

Closed DSThayer closed 2 years ago

DSThayer commented 2 years ago

A couple of things that are not clear from the validation documentation:

  1. Which date should be used for reference for values such as pregnancy_start_date_difference?

e.g. "1 = < 5 days before". Does this mean the correct pregnancy start date is <5 days before the algorithm's pregnancy start date, or is it the other way around?

  1. How to complete the variables if I conclude that a pregnancy should not be captured as a pregnancy at all? I can set pregnancy_start_date_correct='N' etc. but there isn't an applicable value for the _difference variables.
GiorgioLimoncella commented 2 years ago

sorry the instructions are not clear! I will try to update them.

  1. "1 = < 5 days before" mean the correct pregnancy start date is <5 days before the algorithm's pregnancy start date.

  2. if a record should not represent a pregnancy it is very important that you write the reason in the comments section (for possible algorithm update), then you can fill in the columns "pregnancy_start_date_correct", "pregnancy_end_date_correct" , "type_of_pregnancy_end_correct" with the value "N", and leave the other columns empty

DSThayer commented 2 years ago

Thanks very much for clarifying!