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Data‐Driven SuStaIn Model of Disability Progression in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To determine whether ordinal Subtype and Stage Inference (SuStaIn) applied to routine ALSFRS‐R item scores can identify reproducible disability progression patterns in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and provide clinically meaningful staging.
Giammarco Milella, Veria Vacchiano, Vittorio Velucci, Stefano Zoccolella, Rocco Liguori, Giovanni Defazio   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening of local vital events registration: lessons learnt from a voluntary sector initiative in a district in southern India

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2011
PROBLEM: Birth and death registration rates are low in most parts of India. Poor registration rates are due to constraints in both the government system (supply-side) and the general population (demand-side).
Prem Mony, Kiruba Sankar, Tinku Thomas, Mario Vaz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing and Evaluating a Laboratory‐Based Frailty Index for the Prediction of Long‐Term Health Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to construct and evaluate the first laboratory‐based frailty index (FI‐Lab) for predicting adverse outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to compare its predictive ability to that of an existing clinical FI. Methods We used data from a single‐center prospective cohort of adult patients with SLE whose baseline visit ...
Grace Burns, Samuel D. Searle, Alexandra Legge   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Snapshot of civil registration and vital statistics systems of South Africa [PDF]

, 2021
French version available in IDRC Digital LibraryThis briefing report presents: Background information on the country including legislative framework; Selected indicators relevant for CRVS improvement processes; Stakeholders’ activities; and Resources ...
Mitala, Hosea
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Challenges in measuring measles case fatality ratios in settings without vital registration

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, 2010
Measles, a highly infectious vaccine-preventable viral disease, is potentially fatal. Historically, measles case-fatality ratios (CFRs) have been reported to vary from 0.1% in the developed world to as high as 30% in emergency settings.
Nandy Robin, Cairns K Lisa, Grais Rebecca F   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Where there is no hospital: improving the notification of community deaths

BMC Medicine, 2020
Background Globally, an estimated two-thirds of all deaths occur in the community, the majority of which are not attended by a physician and remain unregistered.
Tim Adair, Megha Rajasekhar, Khin Sandar Bo, John Hart, Viola Kwa, Md. Ashfaqul Amin Mukut, Matthew Reeve, Nicola Richards, Margarita Ronderos-Torres, Don de Savigny, Daniel Cobos Muñoz, Alan D. Lopez   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Snapshot of civil registration and vital statistics systems of Uganda

, 2019
French version available in IDRC Digital LibraryUganda’s civil registration system under the Registration of Persons Act (2015) brings together registration of births and deaths and a national identification system under the National Identification and ...
Zewoldi, Yacob
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Integrating Patient‐Reported Quality Measures in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Development of the American College of Rheumatology Implementation Guide

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To support high‐quality, patient‐centered care for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) developed evidence‐based measures incorporating clinical and patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs). Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), we conducted semistructured interviews ...
Catherine Nasrallah, Cherish Wilson, Christine Hariz, Christie M. Bartels, Shanthini Kasturi, Wambui Machua, Amy Bennett, Kate Chiseri, Allison Plitman, Starla Hairston Blanks, April Jorge, Patti Katz, Jinoos Yazdany, Shivani Garg   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Causes of death among cancer patients in the era of cancer survivorship in Korea: Attention to the suicide and cardiovascular mortality

Cancer Medicine, 2020
Background Improved cancer survival is expected to increase noncancer deaths; however, detailed causes of death have rarely been discussed. Changing landscapes in mortality patterns and noncancer mortality risks in patients with cancer require evaluation.
Chang‐Mo Oh, Dahhay Lee, Hyun‐Joo Kong, Seokmin Lee, Young‐Joo Won, Kyu‐Won Jung, Hyunsoon Cho   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving coverage of civil registration and vital statistics, Bangladesh

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2019
Bangladesh has no national system for registering deaths and determining their causes. As a result, policy-makers lack reliable and complete data to inform public health decisions.In 2016, the government of Bangladesh introduced a pilot project to strengthen the civil registration and vital statistics system and generate cause of death data in Kaliganj
Uddin, M, Ashrafi, SAA, Azad, AK, Chowdhury, A, Chowdhury, HR, Riley, ID, Montes, A, Bratschi, M, AbouZahr, C, Alam, Z   +9 more
openaire   +3 more sources