Mixed-methods analysis of select issues reported in the 2016 World Health Organization verbal autopsy questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Use of a standardized verbal autopsy (VA) questionnaire, such as the World Health Organization (WHO) instrument, can improve the consistency and reliability of the data it collects. Systematically revising a questionnaire, however, requires evidence about the performance of its questions. The purpose of this investigation was to use a mixed methods approach to evaluate the performance of questions related to 14 previously reported issues in the 2016 version of the WHO questionnaire, where there were concerns of potential confusion, redundancy, or inability of the respondent to answer the question. The results from this mixed methods analysis are discussed across common themes that may have contributed to the underperformance of questions and have been compiled to inform

SUBMITTER: Nichols E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9543875 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature