Birthdays and Initials

This report attempts to identify subjects, by their birthdays or initials, who register at multiple study sites.

Report Results Description

Running this report with the Nicardipine sample setting and default options generates the output shown below.

This section contains the following:

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One Histogram of Duplicates by Study Site.

This Distribution shows the numbers of pairs of subjects sharing the same birth date/initials by the sites at which they occur.

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One List of Subjects with Duplicates.

This table lists any birth dates where two or more subjects match. Supporting information (if available) to determine whether multiple Unique Subject Identifiers refers to the same person include Study Site Identifier, Date of Birth, Sex, Race, and Ethnicity.

If the report is run matching on initials, the Matching Variable Value reflects Initials. Here, the section is named List of Subjects with Duplicates for Initials.

Note: Matching by initials will only happen if the Subject Characteristics (SC/ADSC) domain contains the initials of the subjects. Values in the SCTESTCD/PARAMCD column must be either “SUBJINIT” or “INITIALS”.

Options

Data

Use these options to specify matching criteria for identifying duplicate subjects based on demographic information.

Match subjects based on:

By default, this report attempts to match subjects based on their date of birth. You can optionally match subjects by their initials instead. When matching subjects by initials, the first, middle (when present), and last initial, are all considered.

Number of Days Around Birthday

Increasing the Number of Days around Birthday that are included in the search can increase the chances of finding matches.

Consider the following criteria when matching

Adding or subtracting Sex, Race, and/or Ethnicity to your search criteria increases or decreases, respectively, the specificity of your search.

Display

Report Filter

This enables you to subset subjects based on matching birthdays/initials. Refer to Data Filter for more information.

General and Drill Down Buttons

Action buttons provide you with an easy way to drill down into your data. The following action buttons are generated by this report:

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Click to rerun the report using default settings.

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Click to view the associated data tables. Refer to Show Tables for more information.

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Click to generate a standardized pdf- or rtf-formatted report containing the plots and charts of selected sections.

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Click to generate a JMP Live report. Refer to Create Live Report for more information.

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Click to take notes, and store them in a central location. Refer to Add Notes for more information.

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Click to read user-generated notes. Refer to View Notes for more information.

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Select one or more subjects, then click to apply the Review Subject Filter and filter all reports in the review builder on the selected subjects.

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Select a group of subjects and click to specify Derived Population Flags that enable you to distinguish the selected group of subjects from the general population based on their meeting specific criteria.

Default Settings

Refer to Set Study Preferences for default Subject Level settings.

Methodology

No testing is performed. Subjects are matched according to selected demographic characteristics