Journal of Management and Science
Vol. 7 No. 1 (2017): Vol 7, Iss 1, Year 2017
Articles

Results of the validation of a newly designed va instrument for neonates

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  • NAGARJUNA G,
  • RAMAKRISHNAN R
NAGARJUNA G
Research Scholar, National Institute of Epidemiology
RAMAKRISHNAN R
Scientist G, National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26524/jms.2017.6
Published June 30, 2017
Keywords
  • Verbal Autopsy, Neonates, New tool, Reliability, Repeatability, Reproducibility, Accuracy, Agreement
How to Cite
G, N., & R, R. (2017). Results of the validation of a newly designed va instrument for neonates. Journal of Management and Science, 7(1), 43-50. https://doi.org/10.26524/jms.2017.6

Abstract

It was a validation of a simplified, user friendly Newly designed Verbal Autopsy Instrument in Neonates. Reliability varied from 99.74% to 98.48%. The overall diagnostic accuracy was 91.47. The overall agreement of the New tool with the WHO VA tool was 0.576 with P value of .000.

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