OccIDEAS: Retrospective occupational exposure assessment in community-based studies made easier
Assessing occupational exposure in retrospective community-based case-control studies is difficult as measured exposure data are very seldom available. The expert assessment method is considered the most accurate way to attribute exposure but it is a time consuming and expensive process and may be s...
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2010
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| author | Fritschi, Lin Friesen, M. Glass, D. Benke, G. Girschik, J. Sadkowsky, T. |
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| description | Assessing occupational exposure in retrospective community-based case-control studies is difficult as measured exposure data are very seldom available. The expert assessment method is considered the most accurate way to attribute exposure but it is a time consuming and expensive process and may be seen as subjective, nonreproducible, and nontransparent. In this paper, we describe these problems and outline our solutions as operationalized in a web-based software application (OccIDEAS). The novel aspects of OccIDEAS are combining all steps in the assessment into one software package; enmeshing the process of assessment into the development of questionnaires; selecting the exposure(s) of interest; specifying rules for exposure assignment; allowing manual or automatic assessments; ensuring that circumstances in which exposure is possible for an individual are highlighted for review; providing reports to ensure consistency of assessment. Development of this application has the potential to make high-quality occupational assessment more efficient and accessible for epidemiological studies. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-334892017-09-13T15:32:01Z OccIDEAS: Retrospective occupational exposure assessment in community-based studies made easier Fritschi, Lin Friesen, M. Glass, D. Benke, G. Girschik, J. Sadkowsky, T. Assessing occupational exposure in retrospective community-based case-control studies is difficult as measured exposure data are very seldom available. The expert assessment method is considered the most accurate way to attribute exposure but it is a time consuming and expensive process and may be seen as subjective, nonreproducible, and nontransparent. In this paper, we describe these problems and outline our solutions as operationalized in a web-based software application (OccIDEAS). The novel aspects of OccIDEAS are combining all steps in the assessment into one software package; enmeshing the process of assessment into the development of questionnaires; selecting the exposure(s) of interest; specifying rules for exposure assignment; allowing manual or automatic assessments; ensuring that circumstances in which exposure is possible for an individual are highlighted for review; providing reports to ensure consistency of assessment. Development of this application has the potential to make high-quality occupational assessment more efficient and accessible for epidemiological studies. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33489 10.1155/2009/957023 Hindawi Publishing Corporation fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Fritschi, Lin Friesen, M. Glass, D. Benke, G. Girschik, J. Sadkowsky, T. OccIDEAS: Retrospective occupational exposure assessment in community-based studies made easier |
| title | OccIDEAS: Retrospective occupational exposure assessment in community-based studies made easier |
| title_full | OccIDEAS: Retrospective occupational exposure assessment in community-based studies made easier |
| title_fullStr | OccIDEAS: Retrospective occupational exposure assessment in community-based studies made easier |
| title_full_unstemmed | OccIDEAS: Retrospective occupational exposure assessment in community-based studies made easier |
| title_short | OccIDEAS: Retrospective occupational exposure assessment in community-based studies made easier |
| title_sort | occideas: retrospective occupational exposure assessment in community-based studies made easier |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33489 |