Key result
VASCUNET establishes a standardized template to validate completeness and accuracy across vascular registries.
Why the study?
Internal and external validity are crucial for vascular registry data used in analysis or comparison studies, necessitating validation of participating registries.
The VASCUNET validation template provides a standardized method for assessing the internal and external validity of vascular surgery registries.
VASCUNET validation template standardizes registry assessment; leaves open its effect on data reliability for vascular research and care.
Quality registries are used increasingly for surveillance and quality improvement in vascular surgery in many countries, as well as for international studies. Internal and external validity are crucial if registry data (or any other research data) are used in any analysis or comparison study. The international registry collaboration VASCUNET has therefore conducted validation of participating registries and developed a template for internal and external registry validation. External validation assesses the completeness of registration, that is if all operations performed in the actual category (e.g., carotid surgery, abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery) at the actual site are registered. Internal validation assesses whether the variable values in the vascular registry are complete and correct, in accordance with the hospital record. [excerpt]
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Altreuther et al. (2023) studied vascular surgery. VASCUNET Validation Template was evaluated. The VASCUNET collaboration developed a template for internal and external validation of vascular registries to assess the completeness and correctness of registered data.
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