DM06 Managing Multiple SAS/FSEDIT® Data Entry with a SAS/AF® Application for a Cohort Study     Invited

Emily A. Mixon University of Alabama at Birmingham ,Karen B. Fowler
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Abstract: The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases currently follows a cohort of children diagnosed with congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. Congenital CMV infection is one of the leading causes of se nsorineural hearing loss in young children. Vision, neurologic, and developmental deficits may also occur in children with congenital CMV infection. In order to determine sequelae following CMV infection, each study participant receives hearing, vision, an d psychometric testing at various intervals during the followup period. Demographic information along with a maternal questionnaire and medical record abstracts are also collected for determining the possible maternal exposures for infection. SAS (ver 8) F SEDIT« data entry screens are used for entering the information gathered into separate data sets. In order to organize and simplify the data entry process a SAS/AF« application was developed allowing the user to select the data set needed by pressing the a ppropriate icon on the frame which then calls up the FSEDIT screens for the data set selected. The user is also able to print out a listing of observations added to the data set or a listing of observations with corrections made on a user specified day for monitoring data quality.

Biography:
Emily Mixon is a Clinical Data Analyst in the Department of Pediatrics at UAB. She is involved with the data management of the Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials, the CMV program project, and other research projects at UAB. Emily has a BA in psychology from Ag nes Scott College and a MPH in Epidemiology from the School of Public Health at UAB. She has been a SAS software user for 6 years.

Karen Fowler is a Research Associate Professor in Pediatrics and Epidemiology. She oversees the data management of several NIH sponsored research projects in the Department of Pediatrics at UAB. She has been a SAS software user for 15 years.