Aberdeen Maternity and Neonatal Databank

AMND

Aberdeen Maternity and Neonatal Databank

This unique database holds data for all Aberdeen City births from 1949 to the present day, making the AMND a valuable resource for research on the study of

Aberdeen Maternity and Neonatal Databank

The Aberdeen Maternity and Neonatal Databank is held on a Microsoft SQL Server within the Directorate of Information Technology. Data analysis is performed using TSQL by the Data Management Team on behalf of the steering group - see our 'Publications' tab for details.

The database is accessed from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology over the University network via security passwords. It is updated using SIR/FORMS, on a weekly basis, from a separate continuously maintained database, which is functionally equivalent, but holds medical data as free text at the point of data entry. This text is automatically converted to ICD/GRO codes prior to update of the main research database. The database is updated by up to 5 concurrent users, with information relating to approximately 100 births every week.

Information on approximately 200,000 pregnancies/deliveries is held on the research database amounting to half a Gigabyte of storage across 45 record types, 4 of which are mandatory and contain data for the patient, pregnancy, delivery and baby and a further 40 optional record types used for clinical details, test results and grouping of complete reproductive histories for individual women and families spanning three generations. These records are detailed in the 'Contents' section of this webpage.

Origin

AMND was started by Professor Sir Dugald Baird in 1950 in collaboration with the MRC Medical Sociology Unit

Data

AMND records every pregnancy event occurring in in Aberdeen Maternity Hospital

Up to four generations

AMND has intergenerational data on more than 7,600 grandmother-mother-granddaughter trios and more than 180 great grandmothers

Access to AMND

All requests for access must be made through the AMND Steering Committee in order to ensure that the proposed use of the data conforms to accepted scientific standards

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Postal Address

Aberdeen Maternity Neonatal Databank
Aberdeen Centre for Women's Health Research
Institute of Applied Health Sciences
University of Aberdeen
Cornhill Road
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZL

Tel: +44 (0)1224 437288