sdtmchecks (version 1.0.0)

check_dm_usubjid_dup: Check duplicate patient records in DM based on USUBJID

Description

This check looks for duplicate patient demographics records in DM

Usage

check_dm_usubjid_dup(DM)

Value

Boolean value for whether the check passed or failed, with 'msg' attribute if the check failed

Arguments

DM

Demographics SDTM dataset with variable USUBJID

Author

Madeleine Ma, Stella Banjo (HackR 2021)

Examples

## duplicates and same patient number across sites for 3-part USUBJID
DM <- data.frame(USUBJID = c("GO12345-00000-1000",
                             "GO12345-11111-1000",
                             "GO12345-00000-1000",
                             "GO12345-00000-1001"),
      stringsAsFactors = FALSE)

check_dm_usubjid_dup(DM)


## no duplicate IDs in the dataframe for 3-part USUBJID
DM2 <- data.frame(USUBJID = c("GO12345-00000-1000",
                              "GO12345-11111-1001",
                              "GO12345-11111-1002"),
             stringAsFactors = FALSE)

check_dm_usubjid_dup(DM2)


## duplicates for 2-part USUBJID
DM3 <- data.frame(USUBJID = c("GO12345-1000",
                              "GO12345-1000"),
            stringAsFactors = FALSE)

check_dm_usubjid_dup(DM3)


##  no duplicate IDs in the dataframe for 2-part USUBJID
DM4 <- data.frame(USUBJID = c("GO12345-1000",
                              "GO12345-1001",
                              "GO12345-1002"),
             stringAsFactors = FALSE)

check_dm_usubjid_dup(DM4)

##  dataframe with one or two additional variables, if there is variation across other variables
DM5 <- data.frame(USUBJID = c("GO12345-1000",
                              "GO12345-1000"),
                  SEX = c("M", "F"),
                  AGE = c(18, 60),
         stringAsFactors = FALSE)

check_dm_usubjid_dup(DM5)

## dataframe in which USUBJID is not present
DM6 <- data.frame(
         STUDYID = c("GO12345"),
         SEX = c("M"),
         AGE = c(72),
     stringAsFactors = FALSE)

check_dm_usubjid_dup(DM6)