Table 2 Timeline of data harmonisation, data dictionary development and evaluation
Date of activity | Activity undertaken |
|---|---|
March–August, 2012 | Successful Hypertension GACD Programme awardees announced. |
December,2012–February, 2013 | Discussion group formed at GACD ASM. |
Data Standardisation Working Group proposed and agreed upon. | |
March, 2013 | Data Standardisation Working Group formally constituted. |
March–August, 2013 | Scoping exercise to identify potential consensus variables and summarise data across eight domains for all Hypertension Programme projects. |
August–November, 2013 | Data dictionary drafted as a recommended set of consensus measures based on previous scoping exercise and summary steps |
November, 2013 | Data Standardisation Working group presents recommendations for common measures to be adopted at 2013 GACD ASM. |
December, 2013–February, 2014 | Further refinement of draft data dictionary based on feedback received at 2013 GACD ASM. |
February, 2014 | Final version of consensus data dictionary released |
February, 2015 | Follow-up survey conducted to assess level of adoption of recommended measures. |
April–November, 2015 | Analysis of implementation of data dictionary by teams |