Research utility and limitations of textual data in the National Violent Death Reporting System: a scoping review and recommendations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many studies of injury deaths rely on mortality data that contain limited contextual information about decedents. The National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) is unique among such data systems in that each observation includes both quantitative variables and qualitative texts (called "narratives") abstracted from original source documents. These narratives provide rich data regarding salient circumstances that can be used to inform prevention efforts. This review provides a comprehensive summary of peer-reviewed research using NVDRS narratives over the past 20 years, including the limitations of these texts and provides recommendations on utilizing and improving narrative quality for researchers and practitioners.

Main body

Studies that used narratives to e

SUBMITTER: Dang LN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10170777 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature