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Table 2 Data entry and correction times required for 1,000 validated final records of the tuberculosis case register, Cambodia and Viet Nam

From: Human resource requirements for quality-assured electronic data capture of the tuberculosis case register

Characteristic

Cambodia

Viet Nam

Total

Total number of records times two for double entry

8,430

14,302

22,732

Number of seconds per new record

97.5

66.2

77.8

Number of hours for all records

228.3

263.0

491.3

Number of records to check

251

2,787

3,038

Number of seconds for correction per record *

97.5

66.2

77.8

Total number of hours for correction

6.8

51.2

65.7

Total number of hours for validated records

235.1

314.2

556.9

Number of hours per 1,000 records

27.9

22.0

24.5

Number of hours per 1,000 validated records

55.8

43.9

49.0

Adjusted number of hours by 10-minute break hour per 1,000 records

66.9

52.7

58.8

Number of hours for 2 data entry persons per 1,000 records

133.9

105.5

117.6

  1. * Identifying a record with a discordance, checking for the discordance, correcting an error if necessary, and saving the revised record to disk was assumed to take the same amount of time as entering a new record