TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of Electronic Health-Related Datasets in Nursing and Health-Related Research
AU - AL-Rawajfah, Omar M.
AU - Aloush, Sami
AU - Hewitt, Jeanne Beauchamp
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2014
PY - 2015/7/19
Y1 - 2015/7/19
N2 - Datasets of gigabyte size are common in medical sciences. There is increasing consensus that significant untapped knowledge lies hidden in these large datasets. This review article aims to discuss Electronic Health-Related Datasets (EHRDs) in terms of types, features, advantages, limitations, and possible use in nursing and health-related research. Major scientific databases, MEDLINE, ScienceDirect, and Scopus, were searched for studies or review articles regarding using EHRDs in research. A total number of 442 articles were located. After application of study inclusion criteria, 113 articles were included in the final review. EHRDs were categorized into Electronic Administrative Health-Related Datasets and Electronic Clinical Health-Related Datasets. Subcategories of each major category were identified. EHRDs are invaluable assets for nursing the health-related research. Advanced research skills such as using analytical softwares, advanced statistical procedures, dealing with missing data and missing variables will maximize the efficient utilization of EHRDs in research.
AB - Datasets of gigabyte size are common in medical sciences. There is increasing consensus that significant untapped knowledge lies hidden in these large datasets. This review article aims to discuss Electronic Health-Related Datasets (EHRDs) in terms of types, features, advantages, limitations, and possible use in nursing and health-related research. Major scientific databases, MEDLINE, ScienceDirect, and Scopus, were searched for studies or review articles regarding using EHRDs in research. A total number of 442 articles were located. After application of study inclusion criteria, 113 articles were included in the final review. EHRDs were categorized into Electronic Administrative Health-Related Datasets and Electronic Clinical Health-Related Datasets. Subcategories of each major category were identified. EHRDs are invaluable assets for nursing the health-related research. Advanced research skills such as using analytical softwares, advanced statistical procedures, dealing with missing data and missing variables will maximize the efficient utilization of EHRDs in research.
KW - clinical datasets
KW - electronic medical records
KW - health-related datasets
KW - meta-synthesis methods
KW - methodological inquiry methods
KW - narrative review methods
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U2 - 10.1177/0193945914558426
DO - 10.1177/0193945914558426
M3 - Article
C2 - 25421544
AN - SCOPUS:84931042201
SN - 0193-9459
VL - 37
SP - 952
EP - 983
JO - Western Journal of Nursing Research
JF - Western Journal of Nursing Research
IS - 7
ER -