01707nas a2200301   4500000000100000008004100001100001100042700001100053700001700064700001300081700001300094700001300107700001300120700001000133700001200143700001300155700001400168700001700182700001200199700001000211700001500221700001500236245008400251250001500335050001600350520098800366020005101354       2016                            d1 aYan L.1 aSun J.1 aJoshi Rohina1 aZhang Y.1 aHuang L.1 aZhang J.1 aZhang J.1 aLi C.1 aZhao Y.1 aLopez A.1 aSerina P.1 aRampatige R.1 aChen S.1 aWu R.1 aStewart A.1 aNeal Bruce00aUse of Smartphone for Verbal Autopsy: Results From a Pilot Study in Rural China  a2016/09/10  a[IF]: 1.4593 a<p>
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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