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World J Cardiol. Oct 26, 2019; 11(10): 244-255
Published online Oct 26, 2019. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v11.i10.244
Published online Oct 26, 2019. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v11.i10.244
Evaluating the quality of evidence for diagnosing ischemic heart disease from verbal autopsy in Indonesia
Wenrong Zhang, Sha Sha, Matthew Kelly, Chalapati Rao, Department of Global Heath, Research School of Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2602, Australia
Yuslely Usman, Retno Widyastuti Iriawan, Merry Lusiana, National Agency for Health Research and Development, Ministry of Health, Jakarta 10110, Indonesia
Author contributions: Zhang W collected the data, carried out data analysis and drafted the paper; Sha S collaborated on the study design and development of analysis methods; Kelly M and Rao C conceived the design of the study and contributed to drafting the paper; Usman Y, Iriawan RW and Lusiana M provided access to the data, and guided and assisted with data collection; All authors contributed to final editing of the paper.
Supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade , Australian Government, under the Government Partnership for Development program, No. 70856 .
Institutional review board statement: This research was approved by the Australian National University Human Ethics Review board with protocol number 2018/493. It was also approved by the Indonesian National Agency for Health Research and Development ethics review board.
Institutional animal care and use committee statement: All procedures involving animals were reviewed and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Australian National University.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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Corresponding author: Wenrong Zhang, Doctor, Department of Global Heath, Research School of Population Health, Australian National University, 62 Mills Road, Canberra, ACT 2602, Australia. wenrong.zhang@anu.edu.au
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Received: June 4, 2019
Peer-review started: June 6, 2019
First decision: July 30, 2019
Revised: August 29, 2015
Accepted: September 13, 2019
Article in press: September 13, 2019
Published online: October 26, 2019
Peer-review started: June 6, 2019
First decision: July 30, 2019
Revised: August 29, 2015
Accepted: September 13, 2019
Article in press: September 13, 2019
Published online: October 26, 2019
Core Tip
Core tip: In many countries in Southeast Asia, systems for recording mortality and causes of death are under development. In such settings, due to large proportions of deaths happening outside of health facilities, verbal autopsy interviews with families of the deceased are often used to ascertain the cause of death. However, there is a need to evaluate the quality of cause of death estimation from the verbal autopsy. This study specifically addresses the assignment of ischemic heart disease as a cause of death, concluding that a significant proportion of deaths were assigned this cause using strong evidence.