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Sentinelles (Monitoring) Network

France, 1984 - 3000
Reference ID
FRESH-PEF2582-en
Producer(s)
Thierry;BLANCHON
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Oct 02, 2026
Last modified
Oct 02, 2026
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  • Identification
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Study authorization
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Study activities
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    FRESH-PEF2582-en
    Title

    Sentinelles (Monitoring) Network
    Country
    Name Country code
    France fr
    Abstract

    Founded in 1984, the Sentinelles network has the following main objectives:

    • the creation of large databases in general medicine and pediatrics for the purposes of health monitoring and research;
    • the development of tools for detecting and predicting epidemics;
    • the conduct of clinical and epidemiological studies.

    Participating physicians are known as “Sentinel Physicians” (general practitioners and pediatricians) and take part in one or more of the following activities:

    • Continuous monitoring of health indicators: Sentinelles general practitioners report the number of cases seen in their practices for the monitored indicators, which makes it possible to estimate the weekly incidence rate for each indicator and track its trends over time and across geographic areas
    • virological surveillance of acute respiratory infections and mumps
    • Ad hoc epidemiological studies conducted in partnership with various organizations on a range of topics.
    Kind of Data

    ['Clinical data','Biological data','Participant-reported health data']
    Unit of Analysis

    Individus

    Scope

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary
    General medicine health theme
    Infectious disease medicine health theme
    Paediatrics health theme
    Psychiatry health theme
    Acute respiratory infection NOS cim-11
    Mumps cim-11
    Gonococcal infection cim-11
    Zoster cim-11
    Varicella cim-11
    Diarrhoea cim-11
    Syphilis cim-11
    Chlamydia cim-11
    Whooping cough cim-11
    Suicide, not elsewhere classified cim-11
    Suicide attempt cim-11
    Lyme borreliosis cim-11
    Keywords
    general practitioners monitoring surveillance

    Coverage

    Universe

    {
    "level_sex_clusion_I": [
    {
    "concept": {
    "vocab": "MeSH",
    "vocabURI": "D005260"
    },
    "value": "Female"
    },
    {
    "concept": {
    "vocab": "MeSH",
    "vocabURI": "D008297"
    },
    "value": "Male"
    }
    ],
    "level_age_clusion_I": [
    {
    "concept": {
    "vocab": "MeSH",
    "vocabURI": "D007231"
    },
    "value": "Infant, Newborn (birth to 28 days)"
    },
    {
    "concept": {
    "vocab": "MeSH",
    "vocabURI": "D007223"
    },
    "value": "Infant (28 days to 2 years)"
    },
    {
    "concept": {
    "vocab": "MeSH",
    "vocabURI": "D002675"
    },
    "value": "Child, Preschool (2 to 5 years)"
    },
    {
    "concept": {
    "vocab": "MeSH",
    "vocabURI": "D002648"
    },
    "value": "Child (6 to 12 years)"
    },
    {
    "concept": {
    "vocab": "MeSH",
    "vocabURI": "D000293"
    },
    "value": "Adolescent (13 to 18 years)"
    },
    {
    "concept": {
    "vocab": "MeSH",
    "vocabURI": "D055815"
    },
    "value": "Young Adult (19 to 24 years)"
    },
    {
    "concept": {
    "vocab": "MeSH",
    "vocabURI": "D000328"
    },
    "value": "Adult (25 to 44 years)"
    },
    {
    "concept": {
    "vocab": "MeSH",
    "vocabURI": "D008875"
    },
    "value": "Middle Aged (45 to 64 years)"
    },
    {
    "concept": {
    "vocab": "MeSH",
    "vocabURI": "D000368"
    },
    "value": "Aged (65 to 79 years)"
    },
    {
    "concept": {
    "vocab": "MeSH",
    "vocabURI": "D000369"
    },
    "value": "Aged, 80 and over (80 years and more)"
    }
    ],
    "level_type_clusion_I": "Patients population",
    "level_type_clusion_other": "",
    "clusion_I": "Patients attending general practice consultation whose situation meets the case definition for one of the indicators monitored by the Sentinelles network.",
    "clusion_E": ""
    }

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Thierry;BLANCHON
    Producers
    Name Role
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM) sponsor
    SORBONNE UNIVERSITE sponsor
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM)
    SANTE PUBLIQUE FRANCE
    SORBONNE UNIVERSITE
    Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
    Name
    Public Health France

    Study authorization

    Agency
    Agency name
    CNIL
    CPP
    Other

    Sampling

    Sample frame

    Unit Type

    ['Through independent healthcare practitioners']
    Sampling Procedure

    ['{"concept":{"vocab":"CESSDA","vocabURI":"Other"},"value":"Other"}']

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    Free access
    Methodology notes

    Observational Study

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    1984-01-01 3000-01-01
    Frequency of Data Collection

    Weekly
    Mode of data collection
    • {"concept":{"vocab":"CESSDA","vocabURI":"SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire"},"value":"Self-administered questionnaire"}

    Study activities

    Study activities
    Type
    primary evaluation
    Description
    Health event/morbidity Health care consumption and services
    Type
    secondary evaluation

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Email
    Thierry;BLANCHON sentinelles@iplesp.upmc.fr
    Access conditions

    A request can be made on the website for access to more specific data.
    Availability Status

    {"extLink":{"title":"COAR","uri":"http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec"},"value":"Restricted access"}

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Email
    Thierry;BLANCHON sentinelles@iplesp.upmc.fr

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    FRESH-PEF2582-en
    Producers
    Name
    Mélissa Mégy
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