Cancer Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran E-mail: drakbari.drakbari@gmail.com
Abstract
Completeness is an important indicator of data quality in cancer registry programs. This study aimed to estimate the completeness of registered cases in a population based cancer registry program implemented in five provinces of Iran. Capture-recapture methods were used to estimate the number of cases that may have been missed and to estimate rates of completeness for different categories of age, year, and sex. The data used for this study were obtained from three sources: 1) National Pathology Database; 2) National Hospital Discharge Database; and 3) National Death Registry Database. The three sources were linked and duplicates were identified based on first name, last name, father’s names, and date of birth, ICD code, and case’s residency address using Microsoft Excel. Removing duplicates, the three sources reported a total of 35,643 cases from March 2008 to March 2011. Running many different multivariate models of capture-recapture and controlling for source dependencies revealed an overall under-reporting of 49% in all five registries combined. The estimated completeness differed based on age, sex, and year. The overall completeness was higher for males than females (71.2% for males and 59.9% for females). Younger age had lower rates of completeness compared to older age (38.1% for 60 years). The results of this study indicated a moderate to severe (depending on the age, sex and year) degree of completeness in the population based cancer registration of Iran.
Mohammadi, G., Akbari, M. E., Mehrabi, Y., Ghanbari Motlagh, A., Partovi Pour, E., Roshandel, G., & Khosravi, A. (2016). Estimating Completeness of Cancer Registration in Iran with Capture-Recapture Methods. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 17(S3), 93-99.
MLA
Gohar Mohammadi; Mohammad Esmaeil Akbari; Yadolah Mehrabi; Ali Ghanbari Motlagh; Elham Partovi Pour; Gholamreza Roshandel; Ardasheir Khosravi. "Estimating Completeness of Cancer Registration in Iran with Capture-Recapture Methods". Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 17, S3, 2016, 93-99.
HARVARD
Mohammadi, G., Akbari, M. E., Mehrabi, Y., Ghanbari Motlagh, A., Partovi Pour, E., Roshandel, G., Khosravi, A. (2016). 'Estimating Completeness of Cancer Registration in Iran with Capture-Recapture Methods', Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 17(S3), pp. 93-99.
VANCOUVER
Mohammadi, G., Akbari, M. E., Mehrabi, Y., Ghanbari Motlagh, A., Partovi Pour, E., Roshandel, G., Khosravi, A. Estimating Completeness of Cancer Registration in Iran with Capture-Recapture Methods. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2016; 17(S3): 93-99.
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