Imputation method to reduce undetected severe acute respiratory infection cases during the coronavirus disease outbreak in Brazil.
Journal
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
ISSN: 1678-9849
Titre abrégé: Rev Soc Bras Med Trop
Pays: Brazil
ID NLM: 7507456
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
06
08
2020
accepted:
17
08
2020
entrez:
16
9
2020
pubmed:
17
9
2020
medline:
18
9
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The coronavirus disease (COVD-19) outbreak has overburdened the surveillance of severe acute respiratory infections (SARIs), including the laboratory network. This study was aimed at correcting the absence of laboratory results of reported SARI deaths. The imputation method was applied for SARI deaths without laboratory information using clinico-epidemiological characteristics. Of 84,449 SARI deaths, 51% were confirmed with COVID-19 while 3% with other viral respiratory diseases. After the imputation method, 95% of deaths were reclassified as COVID-19 while 5% as other viral respiratory diseases. The imputation method was a useful and robust solution (sensitivity and positive predictive value of 98%) for missing values through clinical & epidemiological characteristics.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32935787
pii: S0037-86822020000100659
doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0528-2020
pmc: PMC7491560
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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