Verbal autopsy: a tool for determining cause of death in a community.

dc.contributor.author	Mirza, N M
dc.contributor.author	Macharia, W M
dc.contributor.author	Wafula, E M
dc.contributor.author	Agwanda, R O
dc.contributor.author	Onyango, F E
dc.date.accessioned	2013-04-25T12:32:51Z
dc.date.available	2013-04-25T12:32:51Z
dc.date.issued	1990
dc.identifier.citation	East Afr Med J. 1990 Oct;67(10):693-8	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/16815
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2282890
dc.description.abstract	Verbal autopsy was used to determine causes of death in 239 children under the age of 5 years. The diagnosis derived from verbal autopsy was corroborated with hospital diagnosis in 39 cases. There was concurrence of diagnosis in 72% of the cases. Using the diagnosis of broncho pneumonia to validate the method, verbal autopsy was found to have a sensitivity of 71%, specificity of 92%, a positive predictive value of 85%. Reliability index of agreement was 0.654. Recall period up to 29 months after death was found to be reliable.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.title	Verbal autopsy: a tool for determining cause of death in a community.	en
dc.type	Article	en
local.publisher	Department of Paediatrics, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya.	en