Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 128313
Methodological and Quality Issues in Epidemiological Studies of ALRI in Children in Developing Countries
Methodological and Quality Issues in Epidemiological Studies of ALRI in Children in Developing Countries // Proceedings of the World Health Organization Meeting on Global Burden of Disease / Black, Robert ; Bryce, Jennifer (ur.).
Ženeva: WHO, 2002. (pozvano predavanje, međunarodna recenzija, sažetak, znanstveni)
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Naslov
Methodological and Quality Issues in Epidemiological Studies of ALRI in Children in Developing Countries
Autori
Rudan, Igor
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni
Izvornik
Proceedings of the World Health Organization Meeting on Global Burden of Disease
/ Black, Robert ; Bryce, Jennifer - Ženeva : WHO, 2002
Skup
World Health Organization Meeting on Global Burden of Disease
Mjesto i datum
Ženeva, Švicarska, 10.04.2002. - 14.04.2002
Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje
Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija
Ključne riječi
methodology; quality; developing world; ALRI studies
Sažetak
Acute respiratory infections are the most important single cause of global burden of disease in young children globally and the largest single cause of mortality. A recent review of studies reporting the incidence of acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in young children in the developing world was carried out by the WHO Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group in order to inform global burden of disease estimates. The review highlighted the low number of community-based longitudinal studies of ALRI incidence in young children which met minimum quality criteria. It underscored the need to give attention to issues of study design and the reporting of a basic minimum dataset which describes circumstances under which the studies were being conducted and the key design features of the study which may influence the ALRI estimate. This paper aims to provide methodological guidelines for the design, conduct and reporting of epidemiological studies of ALRI in under-fives in developing countries. It discusses determinants of study quality related to both study design and statistical analysis and also issues requiring further research. It is hoped that these guidelines will stimulate further work in this field and encourage the publication of reports which contain sufficient data to permit a meaningful meta-analysis of the data thus forming the basis of more reliable future estimates of global burden of ALRI.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita
