Challenges of one-year longitudinal follow-up of a prospective, observational cohort study using an anonymised database: recommendations for trainee research collaboratives

Abstract Background Trainee research collaboratives (TRCs) have pioneered high quality, prospective ‘snap-shot’ surgical cohort studies in the UK. Outcomes After Kidney injury in Surgery (OAKS) was the first TRC cohort study to attempt to collect one-year follow-up data. The aims of this study were...

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Main Authors: STARSurg Collaborative, Dmitri Nepogodiev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-019-0857-y