Table 2.
Descriptive checklist for the Dutch COVID-19 dashboard at 3 points in time.
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1 (July 16, 2020) | 2 (December 23, 2020) | 3 (January 31, 2021) | ||||
| Purpose and users |
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Purpose of dashboard use specified | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
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Intended audience or users specified | No | No | No | |||
| Content | 2 themes, 10 indicators (80% epidemiological) | 6 themes, 14 subthemes, and 59 indicators (78% epidemiological) | 1 title page, 6 themes, 14 subthemes, and 63 indicators (79% epidemiological) | ||||
| Indicator themes: subthemes (in order of occurrence on dashboard) | Intensive care admissionsa, hospital admissionsa, positive tested cases per 100,000 inhabitantsa, reproduction number Ra, amount of infectious people (estimated total and per 100,000 inhabitants)a; other data: number of patients for which GPb suspects COVID-19 and sewage measurements of COVID-19 presence; nursing homes: amount of infections among nursing home residents, amount of nursing homes with at least one infection, deaths among nursing home residents | General: latest developments and active measures; infections: confirmed cases, infectious people, reproduction number, deaths; hospitals: hospital admissions and intensive care admissions; vulnerable groups: nursing care, disability care, people over 70 years old living at home; early signals: sewage water testing, GP-reported symptoms; behavior: compliance and behavior | Measuresa; vaccinations; infections: confirmed cases, infectious people, reproduction number, deaths; hospitals: hospital admissions and intensive care admissions; vulnerable groups: nursing care, disability care, people over 70 years old living at home; early signals: sewage water testing, GP-reported symptoms; behavior: compliance and behavior | ||||
| Data sources | Data sources specified: yes; data open-source: yes, most data; metadata specified: yes | Data sources specified: yes; data open-source: yes, most data; metadata specified: yes | Data sources specified: yes; data open-source: yes, most data; metadata specified: yes | ||||
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Time trends | Time trend analysis available: yes, after a few clicks; customizable: No | Time trend analysis available: yes, after a few clicks; customizable: yes | Time trend analysis available: yes, directly available; customizable: yes | |||
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Geographic levels of analysis | National: yes, full; safety regions: yes, very limited; municipalities: no | National: yes, full; safety regions: yes, partial; municipalities: yes, partial | National: yes, full; safety regions: yes, partial; municipalities: yes, partial | |||
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Disaggregation options | 1 disaggregation option: long-term care facilities | 4 disaggregation options: age, long-term care facilities, disability care facilities, over-70s living at home | 4 disaggregation options: age, long-term care facilities, disability care facilities, over-70s living at home | |||
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Type of visualization | Maps, graphs, and charts to visualize indicators | Maps, graphs, and charts to visualize indicators | Maps, graphs, and charts to visualize indicators | |||
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Interpretation | Clarifying the quality of data: yes, in separate document and occasionally on dashboard itself; clarifying the meaning: yes, for some indicators; providing contextualization: no | Clarifying the quality of data: yes, in separate document and occasionally on dashboard itself; clarifying the meaning: yes, for almost every indicator; providing contextualization: no | Clarifying the quality of data: yes, in separate document and occasionally on dashboard itself; clarifying the meaning: yes, for every indicator; providing contextualization: yes, via news-like “stories” | |||
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Simplification techniques | Color coding: yes; icons: large icons for themes (eg, a head-and-test swab icon denoting testing indicators) | Color coding: yes; icons: large icons for themes (eg, a head-and-test swab icon denoting testing indicators) and small icons (eg, up and down arrows for changes) | Color coding: yes; icons: large icons for themes (eg, a head-and-test swab icon denoting testing indicators) and small icons (eg, up and down arrows for changes) | |||
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Interactive options | More information: yes; change of information: no; change of display: no | More information: yes; change of information: yes; change of display: yes | More information: yes; change of information: yes; change of display: yes | |||
aPresented as subthemes.
bGP: general practitioner.