Validating the InterVA model to estimate the burden of mortality from verbal autopsy data: a population-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In countries with incomplete or no vital registration systems, verbal autopsy data are often reviewed by physicians in order to assign the probable cause of death. But in addition to being time and energy consuming, the method is liable to produce inconsistent results. The aim of this study is to validate the InterVA model for estimating the burden of mortality from verbal autopsy data by using physician review as a reference standard.

Methods and findings

A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted from March to April, 2012. All adults aged ≥ 14 years and died between 01 January, 2010 and 15 February, 2012 were included in the study. The verbal autopsy interviews were reviewed by the InterVA model and physicians to estimate cause-specific mortality fra

SUBMITTER: Tadesse S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3772846 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature