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| Title |
Verbal autopsy as a tool for identifying children dying of sickle cell disease: a validation study conducted in Kilifi district, Kenya
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| Published in |
BMC Medicine, April 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1741-7015-12-65 |
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| Authors |
Carolyne Ndila, Evasius Bauni, Vysaul Nyirongo, George Mochamah, Alex Makazi, Patrick Kosgei, Gideon Nyutu, Alex Macharia, Sailoki Kapesa, Peter Byass, Thomas N Williams |
| Abstract |
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is common in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where it is associated with high early mortality. In the absence of newborn screening, most deaths among children with SCD go unrecognized and unrecorded. As a result, SCD does not receive the attention it deserves as a leading cause of death among children in SSA. In the current study, we explored the potential utility of verbal autopsy (VA) as a tool for attributing underlying cause of death (COD) in children to SCD. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 10 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 20% |
| Sweden | 1 | 10% |
| Kenya | 1 | 10% |
| India | 1 | 10% |
| South Africa | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 4 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 40% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 30% |
| Scientists | 3 | 30% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 69 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 68 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 17 | 25% |
| Researcher | 10 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 12% |
| Lecturer | 6 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 9% |
| Other | 12 | 17% |
| Unknown | 10 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 36% |
| Social Sciences | 11 | 16% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 7% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 6 | 9% |
| Unknown | 14 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 25. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 September 2015.
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#1,284,480
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Outputs from BMC Medicine
#905
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#13,742
of 226,936 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medicine
#16
of 55 outputs
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