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Use of Smartphone for Verbal Autopsy.

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Zhao, Y; Joshi, R; Rampatige, R; Sun, J; Huang, L; Chen, S; Wu, R; Neal, B; Lopez, AD; Stewart, AL; Serina, PT; Li, C; Zhang, J; Zhang, J ...
Published in: Asia-Pacific journal of public health
October 2016

Traditionally, verbal autopsies (VA) are collected on paper-based questionnaires and reviewed by physicians for cause of death assignment, it is resource intensive and time consuming. The Population Health Metrics Research Consortium VA questionnaires was made available on an Android-based application and cause of death was derived using the Tariff method. Over one year, all adult deaths occurring in 48 villages in 4 counties were identified and a VA interview was conducted using the smartphone VA application. A total of 507 adult deaths were recorded and VA interviews were conducted. Cardiovascular disease was the leading cause of death (35.3%) followed by injury (14.6%) and neoplasms (13.5%). The total cost of the pilot study was USD28 835 (USD0.42 per capita). The interviewers found use of smartphones to conduct interviews to be easier. The study showed that using a smartphone application for VA interviews was feasible for implementation in rural China.

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Asia-Pacific journal of public health

DOI

EISSN

1941-2479

ISSN

1010-5395

Publication Date

October 2016

Volume

28

Issue

7

Start / End Page

601 / 610

Related Subject Headings

  • Smartphone
  • Rural Population
  • Public Health
  • Pilot Projects
  • Male
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Costs and Cost Analysis
 

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Zhao, Y., Joshi, R., Rampatige, R., Sun, J., Huang, L., Chen, S., … Yan, L. L. (2016). Use of Smartphone for Verbal Autopsy. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 28(7), 601–610. https://doi.org/10.1177/1010539516667780
Zhao, Yi, Rohina Joshi, Rasika Rampatige, Jixin Sun, Liping Huang, Shu Chen, Ruijun Wu, et al. “Use of Smartphone for Verbal Autopsy.Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health 28, no. 7 (October 2016): 601–10. https://doi.org/10.1177/1010539516667780.
Zhao Y, Joshi R, Rampatige R, Sun J, Huang L, Chen S, et al. Use of Smartphone for Verbal Autopsy. Asia-Pacific journal of public health. 2016 Oct;28(7):601–10.
Zhao, Yi, et al. “Use of Smartphone for Verbal Autopsy.Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, vol. 28, no. 7, Oct. 2016, pp. 601–10. Epmc, doi:10.1177/1010539516667780.
Zhao Y, Joshi R, Rampatige R, Sun J, Huang L, Chen S, Wu R, Neal B, Lopez AD, Stewart AL, Serina PT, Li C, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Yan LL. Use of Smartphone for Verbal Autopsy. Asia-Pacific journal of public health. 2016 Oct;28(7):601–610.
Journal cover image

Published In

Asia-Pacific journal of public health

DOI

EISSN

1941-2479

ISSN

1010-5395

Publication Date

October 2016

Volume

28

Issue

7

Start / End Page

601 / 610

Related Subject Headings

  • Smartphone
  • Rural Population
  • Public Health
  • Pilot Projects
  • Male
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Costs and Cost Analysis