@article{22506,
  author = {Yan L. and Sun J. and Joshi Rohina and Zhang Y. and Huang L. and Zhang J. and Zhang J. and Li C. and Zhao Y. and Lopez A. and Serina P. and Rampatige R. and Chen S. and Wu R. and Stewart A. and Neal Bruce},
  title = {Use of Smartphone for Verbal Autopsy: Results From a Pilot Study in Rural China},
  abstract = {<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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},
  year = {2016},
  journal = {Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health},
  edition = {2016/09/10},
  isbn = {1941-2479 (Electronic)<br/>1010-5395 (Linking)},
  note = {Zhao, Yi<br/>Joshi, Rohina<br/>Rampatige, Rasika<br/>Sun, Jixin<br/>Huang, Liping<br/>Chen, Shu<br/>Wu, Ruijun<br/>Neal, Bruce<br/>Lopez, Alan D<br/>Stewart, Andrea L<br/>Serina, Peter T<br/>Li, Cong<br/>Zhang, Jing<br/>Zhang, Jianxin<br/>Zhang, Yuhong<br/>Yan, Lijing L<br/>Asia Pac J Public Health. 2016 Sep 8. pii: 1010539516667780.},
  language = {Eng},
}