redcaptools: A package for working with REDCap

Easily export and process REDCap data

What it is:: redcaptools is an R statistics package with tools that can automatically export a REDCap database into single forms for easier use.
What it can do:: redcaptools has tools that can automatically pull a REDCap database apart into single forms for easier use. It also labels variables and prepares date and factor variables. redcaptools is designed primarily for interacting with REDCap via the Application Programming Interface (API), thus allowing easy scripted exports.
Who should use it:: This tool is designed for statisticians or data managers who work with REDCap.
Who is behind this resource:: redcaptools was developed by statisticians at the CTU Bern on behalf of the SCTO’s Statistics & Methodology Platform. It is one of the projects that won the platform’s 2022 statistical programming grant.

For detailed instructions on how to use this tool, please read the commented examples on the package’s website: https://ctu-bern.github.io/redcaptools/.

The R package redcaptools can be installed in R from the CTU Bern's github page.

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