@article{22850,
  keywords = {Adult, Female, Humans, Male, China, Costs and Cost Analysis, Pilot Projects, Interviews as Topic, Feasibility Studies, Cause of Death, Smartphone, Rural Population, Autopsy},
  author = {Joshi R and Lopez Alan and Zhang Jing and Huang Liping and Zhang Jianxin and Zhang Yuhong and Rampatige Rasika and Zhao Yi and Sun Jixin and Chen Shu and Wu Ruijun and Stewart Andrea and Serina Peter and Li Cong and Yan Lijing and Neal Bruce},
  title = {Use of Smartphone for Verbal Autopsy.},
  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 Pac J Public Health},
  volume = {28},
  pages = {601-610},
  issn = {1941-2479},
  doi = {10.1177/1010539516667780},
  language = {eng},
}