Chris:
The principles of a relational database in EpiData Entry are very simple and totally straight forward from the perspective of concept and from the grammar how to link two files.
It gets a bit trickier in the EpiData Analysis part: the merging is simple, but the "reshuffling" from vertical to horizontal to go from visits with case information to cases with multiple visit information takes a bit more. If it comes to that, you may find the extensive documentation in our EpiData course on my web site (see link at the bottom) helpful. On the web site go to "EpiData course" in the navigation panel, and in the opening page look for Part D, Exercise 1 and download the PDF files both of "Task" and "Solution".
Hans
On 20:59, epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca wrote:
Heemskerk 31/10/2011
Hello dr. Chris Ryan, I have quite some experience in making relational databases in EPIDATA 3.1, mainly in the field of registering hospital infections. ..... Yours, Louk Meertens MD, pediatrician (pensioner)
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I'm brainstorming ideas, both paper and electronic. Does anyone have any experience using Epidata as a relational database, so as to serve as a simple lightweight electronic medical record during a disaster?
Thanks.
--Chris Ryan, MD