Documentation
Description:
DARTS (Diabetes Audit and Research in Tayside Scotland) was started in 1996, and aimed to identify all patients with diabetes within the wider Tayside region, through electronic record linkage, in order to improve health care over and above that which was practical through existing general practice lists alone.
In 1998, consenting patients within this electronic database were recruited to the Genetics of DARTS (GoDARTS) study and invited to provide a blood sample for DNA extraction, for research purposes. At the same time, they were invited to provide phenotypic data (clinical and lifestyle factors), through questionnaires and clinical examination.
This resource was intended to help identify the relative contribution of specific genetic and environmental factors that are associated with disease onset, progression and response to treatment.
Coverage
Spatial:
United Kingdom,Scotland,Tayside Region
Typical Age Range:
18-99
Follow Up:
Other
Provenance
Origin
Purposes:
Disease registry
Sources:
EPR
Collection Situations:
- Primary care - Clinic
- Community
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Static
Distribution Release Date:
31 October 2011
Start Date:
01 March 2005
End Date:
31 October 2008
Time Lag:
Not applicable
Accessibility
Access
Access Rights:
Access Service:
HIC has implemented a remote-access "Safe Haven" environment to protect data
confidentiality, satisfy public concerns about data loss and reassure Data
Controllers about HIC’s secure management and processing of their data. Data is
not released externally to data users for analysis on their own computers but
placed on a server at HIC, within a restricted, secure IT environment, where the
data user is given secure remote access to carry out their analysis. Full
details can be found using the link below:
https://www.dundee.ac.uk/hic/hicsafehaven/
Delivery Lead Time:
Not applicable
Jurisdictions:
GB-SCT
Data Controller:
University of Dundee
Usage
Resource Creators:
University of Dundee
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
OTHER
Languages:
en
Formats:
Database
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Persons
16,840 distinct patients across both runs of GoDARTS in 2005 and 2010.
16840
Count
26 October 2021