Definition
The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program data set specification (NBCSP DSS) comprises a set of standardised data definitions used for monitoring the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. This DSS includes information on people who have or will be participating in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.
This metadata set is not mandated for collection, i.e. it reflects best practice when collecting data in relation to bowel screening rather than a nationally mandated set of data that must be provided.
It is intended to be used by the National Bowel Cancer Screening Register. It can also be used by a wider range of health and health-related professionals who collect and/or use the data in relation to the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.
It provides concise, unambiguous definitions for items related to the Program and aims to ensure the standardised methodology of data collection.
The data set covers data in the following areas:
- Demographic data of participants
- Bowel cancer screening tests (such as the faecal occult blood test)
- Bowel cancer diagnostic assessments (such as colonoscopy examinations and histopathological analyses on colorectal cancers and colorectal polyps).
Not included at this stage:
- General Practitioner consultations
Metadata items in this Data Set Specification
Below is a list of all the components within this Dataset Specification.
Each entry includes the item name, whether the item is optional, mandatory or conditional and the maximum times the item can occur in a dataset.
If the items must occur in a particular order in the dataset, the sequence number is included before the item name.
| Reference | Data Element | Data Type | Length | Inclusion | # |
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| Person—person identifier, X[X(19)] | - | - | mandatory | 1 | |
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Correspondence—correspondence identifier, N[N(8)]
Specific Information:
People can have multiple interactions with the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) system and will have a different correspondence number for each interaction. For example, a person will have a correspondence identifier for a screening invitation, a faecal occult blood test (FOBT), a general practitioner consultation and a colonoscopy.
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- | - | mandatory | 99 |
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Glossary items
Glossary terms that are relevant to this Data set specification are included here:
Adoption
Adverse event
Bowel cancer
Cancer diagnostic assessment
Cancer screening
Colorectal cancer clinico-pathological stage
Colorectal polyps
Disability
Disease screening
Faecal occult blood test (FOBT)
Family
Geographic indicator
Hospital-in-the-home care
Record linkage
Separation
Urban Centre
References
Related content
| Relation | Count |
|---|---|
| As a numerator in an Indicator | 0 |
| As a denominator in an Indicator | 0 |
| As a disaggregation in an Indicator | 0 |