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Assessment of Verbal Autopsy Tool

Determining cause of death profiles among vulnerable communities to improve health interventions: pilot test of a practical verbal autopsy tool - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2024/02/062189
Enrollment
300
Registered
2024-02-01
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-03-04

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: NIL: NIL Control Intervention1: NIL: NIL

Sponsors

Uppsala University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Respondents who would consent to be interviewed for VA. 2.Respondent residing within 30 kms within ICMR NICED. 3.Only hospital based death records would be taken into consideration

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Deaths for which a medical cause was not determined will not be interviewed. 2.Participants not meeting the inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. A field-test abridged verbal autopsy tool to identify neonatal, child and adult causes of death in vulnerable populations. 2. A potential tool for wider global use among vulnerable populations. Timepoint: January 2022-December 2023—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
3. Increased local capacity for conducting verbal autopsy studies. Timepoint: January 2022-December 2023—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Shubarna Chakraborty

Indian Council of Medical Research- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases

sumankanungo@gmail.com9903824322

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026