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- What if a medication is taken on a different dosing schedule within the same day?
- Since data analysis is at the "Day" level, whether or not this is one or two entries depends on whether the information is needed. For example, those with patient registries may prefer two entries because they are using StudyTRAX to generate clinic notes and the specificity is needed. Conversely, those only interested in the daily total may combine it into one total dose entry.
- Should I use the medication feature or create a concomitant?
- The time saving analytical routines of the Medications feature nearly always trumps building a separate concomitant medications form and handling data collection just like another form. Because the fields are hard coded, in some cases research groups will create a separate form because there is an interest in a broad range of specific medication usages characteristics (e.g., was it titrated, did another medication have to be stopped, etc.).