RABIT is a powerful tool for conducting cross-sectional studies. In addition to the electronic design of questionnaires, the existence of a powerful questioning network throughout the country and management and monitoring tools will help a lot in the implementation of a cross-sectional study. The average time for designing the forms of a cross-sectional study with 200 questions in RABIT is 8 hours, and after this design, it is possible to collect information through the web and mobile. Another important point is the possibility of calculating the study sample size in the system. By entering the study parameters, it is also possible to calculate the sample size. The structure of a cross-sectional study is similar to the structure of a cohort study, except that all measurements are performed without a follow-up period of a study.
Advantages of Conducting Cross Sectional Studies Electronically
Fast Implementation
You can design your web and mobile software without the need of a programmer.
Comprehensive Dashboard
Using the management dashboard, you can view your data in real-time.
National Questionors
Users can access to enter data from a different panel. Users can add patients, edit their data and delete them.
Electronic Cross-sectional Studies Requirements
Data Quality
Using tools available in the RABIT Cross-sectional form builder, you can apply any type of validation to your variables. Using hundreds of predefined variable types will help you design your forms faster.
Data Management
Including maintaining the confidentiality of patient data through encryption, encryption of all information exchanged between the client and the server, defining different access levels for users, preparing a backup file of project information on the server on a daily basis
Data Security
Any recorded data that is changed in the system is easily traceable as to who, when, and what variable was changed. This feature, which is known as auditing in cross sectional studies, causes all the changes in your study to be recorded.
RABIT Cross-sectional Features
Design questionnaires in a user-friendly environment with the ability to apply validations and logical relationships between questions
Access level per questionnaire and action (add, edit, and view)
Self-expression questionnaire
Systematic clustering
Manage and monitor data during the data gathering process
Patients’ electronic health record
Comprehensive data dashboard
Events logs in the system
Audio recording of the examination process
Mobile application for data entry
Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Data export in CSV and Excel
Some of Cross-sectional Studies Designed In RABIT
The survey of risk factors of non-communicable diseases (STEPs) was implemented in 3 weeks in RABIT infrastructure. After implementing several national survey systems in the country, we have designed RABIT, so we know all the needs of researchers in the country.