Isfahan COvid-19 REgistry (I-CORE): Design and methodology

Shaghayegh Haghjooy Javanmard; Maryam Nasirian; Behrouz Ataei; Golnaz Vaseghi; Atefeh Vaezi; Tahereh Changiz

doi:10.4103/jrms.JRMS_271_20

Isfahan COvid-19 REgistry (I-CORE): Design and methodology

J Res Med Sci. 2020 Mar 30:25:32. doi: 10.4103/jrms.JRMS_271_20. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Shaghayegh Haghjooy Javanmard¹, Maryam Nasirian², Behrouz Ataei³, Golnaz Vaseghi⁴, Atefeh Vaezi⁵, Tahereh Changiz⁶

Affiliations

¹ Applied Physiology Research Center, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran.
² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health School, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
³ Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
⁴ Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
⁵ Department of Community and Family Medicine, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
⁶ Department of Medical Education, Medical Educational Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran.

Abstract

Health authorities usually exploit after-action reports to collect data on their experience in responding to public health emergencies. To develop an effective approach to manage and learning from health emergencies, we have launched Isfahan COvid-19 REgistry for data collection during routine clinical care as a first "critical incident registry" in Iran. Registries can be employed to explain the natural history of the disease, learn about a particular disease in terms of patient outcomes, the cost-effectiveness of clinical management, monitoring the quality of health-care service, and developing research hypotheses.

Keywords: Coronavirus; Covid-19; Isfahan; Isfahan Covid-19 registry; methodology; registry.