Perception of data quality in epidemiological reports, risaralda, colombia 2023

Percepción de la calidad del dato en informes epidemiológicos, Risaralda, Colombia 2023

Introduction. The collection of data worldwide is based on epidemiological studies, obtaining results in public health through new methods of information collection and analysis, using the synergy between the quantitative and qualitative world of research. Aim. explore the perception about the quality of the data in epidemiological reports, in epidemiologists from the departmental health secretariat of Risaralda. Methodology. Qualitative study, from grounded theory, collecting information through an in-depth semi-structured interview, based on the experience and knowledge of the six epidemiologists of the Departmental Health Secretariat of Risaralda. Re-sults. Perceptions have a negative inclination on the categories of data quality in their existence characteristic, SIVIGILA, health secretary and data filters. In terms of frequency, deficiencies in information have a higher value and to a lesser extent the issue of improvement in data quality. The justification for the lack of quality mentioned in the interviews highlights, “there is more presence of epidemiologists with fewer events in the ministry, and fewer epidemiologists with more events in the primary data collection units,” results in several interviews and as an aspect improve, they agree with technical assistance to the UPGD. Conclusion. The importance of data quality has a conceptual and application value, the interviews have a negative component in the responses, highlighting difficulties in data collection such as their passage through the system.