National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia.
Epidemiol Infect. 2023 Feb 27;151:e46. doi: 10.1017/S0950268823000316.
Surveillance is a key public health function to enable early detection of infectious disease events and inform public health action. Data linkage may improve the depth of data for response to infectious disease events. This study aimed to describe the uses of linked data for infectious disease events. A systematic review was conducted using Pubmed, CINAHL and Web of Science. Studies were included if they used data linkage for an acute infectious disease event (e.g. outbreak of disease). We summarised the event, study aims and designs; data sets; linkage methods; outcomes reported; and benefits and limitations. Fifty-four studies were included. Uses of linkage for infectious disease events included assessment of severity of disease and risk factors; improved case finding and contact tracing; and vaccine uptake, safety and effectiveness. The ability to conduct larger scale population level studies was identified as a benefit, in particular for rarer exposures, risk factors or outcomes. Limitations included timeliness, data quality and inability to collect additional variables. This review demonstrated multiple uses of data linkage for infectious disease events. As infectious disease events occur without warning, there is a need to establish pre-approved protocols and the infrastructure for data-linkage to enhance information available during an event.
监测是一项关键的公共卫生职能，能够实现传染病事件的早期发现，并为公共卫生行动提供信息。数据链接可以提高传染病事件应对的数据深度。本研究旨在描述用于传染病事件的数据链接的用途。使用 Pubmed、CINAHL 和 Web of Science 进行了系统评价。如果研究使用数据链接来应对急性传染病事件（例如疾病爆发），则将其纳入研究。我们总结了事件、研究目的和设计；数据集；链接方法；报告的结果；以及利益和局限性。共纳入 54 项研究。将链接用于传染病事件的用途包括评估疾病的严重程度和危险因素；改进病例发现和接触者追踪；以及疫苗接种率、安全性和有效性。能够进行更大规模的人群水平研究被认为是一个优势，特别是对于罕见的暴露、危险因素或结果。局限性包括及时性、数据质量和无法收集额外变量。本综述展示了数据链接在传染病事件中的多种用途。由于传染病事件毫无预警地发生，因此需要建立预先批准的协议和数据链接基础设施，以增强事件期间可用的信息。
