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REDCapTidieR (version 1.2.4)

clean_redcap_long: Extract longitudinal REDCap databases into tidy tibbles

Description

Helper function internal to read_redcap responsible for extraction and final processing of a tidy tibble to the user from a longitudinal REDCap database.

Usage

clean_redcap_long(
  db_data_long,
  db_metadata_long,
  linked_arms,
  allow_mixed_structure = FALSE
)

Value

Returns a tibble with list elements containing tidy dataframes. Users can access dataframes under the redcap_data column with reference to form_name and structure column details.

Arguments

db_data_long

The longitudinal REDCap database output defined by REDCapR::redcap_read_oneshot()$data

db_metadata_long

The longitudinal REDCap metadata output defined by REDCapR::redcap_metadata_read()$data

linked_arms

Output of link_arms, linking instruments to REDCap events/arms

allow_mixed_structure

A logical to allow for support of mixed repeating/non-repeating instruments. Setting to TRUE will treat the mixed instrument's non-repeating versions as repeating instruments with a single instance. Applies to longitudinal projects only. Default FALSE.