Collecting mortality data via mobile phone surveys: A non-inferiority randomized trial in Malawi.

ABSTRACT: Despite the urgent need for timely mortality data in low-income and lower-middle-income countries, mobile phone surveys rarely include questions about recent deaths. Such questions might a) be too sensitive, b) take too long to ask and/or c) generate unreliable data. We assessed the feasibility of mortality data collection using mobile phone surveys in Malawi. We conducted a non-inferiority trial among a random sample of mobile phone users. Participants were allocated to an interview about their recent economic activity or recent deaths in their family. In the group that was asked mortality-related questions, half of the respondents completed an abridged questionnaire, focused on information necessary to calculate recent mortality rates, whereas the other half completed an extended questio

SUBMITTER: Chasukwa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021539 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature