The HIV_INC Data Collection Definition (HDBP0003)

Last updated: 2024-02-20 14:22

In the file below you can find the Data Collection Definition (DCD) specifications of the project HIV_INC. It is a detailed description of the content of one DCD:

(dcd name)

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with field names, formats, values, validation rules, help texts, error messages, translations... These specifications were used to build the forms for this project, which you also can find in this project manual.

Changes compared to the previous version are:

  • field “transgender (CD_TG)” is now a choice instead of a Boolean with the following choice options “ M to F”, F to M”, “No”, “Unknown”
  • the choice options of following question “The patient had sexual contact with (SEX_CONTACT)” are changed           
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