Journal of Crohns & Colitis
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Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, UR-CARE, ECCO, database, registry, CROHNS-DISEASE, COHORT, EPICOM, Adult, Biomedical Research, Data Accuracy, Europe, Female, Humans, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Internet, Male, Observer Variation, Registries, Reproducibility of Results, 1103 Clinical Sciences, 3202 Clinical sciences
Abstract:
The "United Registries for Clinical Assessment and Research" (UR-CARE) database is an initiative of the European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation (ECCO) to facilitate daily patient care and research studies in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Herein, we sought to validate the database by using fictional case histories of patients with IBD that were to be entered by observers of varying experience in IBD.