Details Pertaining to Horomone Replacement Therapy

Principal Investigator: Carolyn S. Bacal
Collaborating Investigators: (none)
Year First Collected: 1990
Year Last Collected: 1998
Frequency of Collection: n/a
Subset Data Files on the VMS Cluster? Files info710.*, Active as of 11/97. For access to these data, please contact Dr. E. Jeffrey Metter.

Data Type Notes: Descriptive History:
The Hormone Replacement Therapy Data Set was developed in 1991 by Anne Rosenberg MS CRNP and Carolyn Bacal MPH PAC of the Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Clinical Staff Team of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging and the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Ms. Bacal and Dori Lingle MSN CRNP further developed the process into the current 710 data set. The information targets women's menstrual status and use of hormone replacement therapies.
Since 1991 the information has been collected at the participants's visit dur the history portion of the clinical evaluation. Past medical records are revi appropriate. Data since 9/96 can be directly accessed through the BLSA Master Contact the Data Manager for data prior to 9/96. For visits between 1978 and information was collected by retrospective review of BLSA charts (Information review of available past medical records.

When utilizing this data please credit the following persons:

Carolyn S. Bacal M.P.H. P.A.-C. Anne Rosenberg M.S. C. R.N.P. Dori Donnell Lingle M.S.N. C.R.N.P.

For specific questions about the data please contact the current Data Manager: Carolyn S. Bacal M.P.H. P.A.-C. 410-558-8545

Changes in the HRT- 710 Data: The 710 HRT data has been entered directly into the computer since fall, 1996. To maintain the consistancy and accuracy of the data, we added an additional column at the end of the data set. This last column corresponds to the question : Has the data been reviewed?
Within two weeks of each visit I review the current HRT data for accuracy and consistency with prior visits and then mark the data reviewed and lock the data. Any discrepancies with information from prior visits which cannot be resolved are marked in the free field. If you note that for a particular participant and visit the data is not marked reviewed, please contact me.

Original HRT Data Set: As I review the 710 HRT data set I have also been crea of total number of years ever used for estrogen, progesterone and BCP for eac 8/96. This complements the exisiing data set which provides the information within categories. I have reviewed prior visits for more than half of the BLSA participants and expect to complete the task within the next few months. If you have need for this data please contact me.

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