Accuracy of the Verbal Autopsy questionnaire in the diagnosis of COVID-19 deaths in a Brazilian capital

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Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)-
Autor(es): dc.contributorFaculdade de Medicina-
Autor(es): dc.contributorHospital Geral Dr. Cesar Cals-
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)-
Autor(es): dc.creatorCampos, Marcos Adriano Garcia-
Autor(es): dc.creatorCutrim, Ézio Arthur Monteiro-
Autor(es): dc.creatorCutrim, Érico Murilo Monteiro-
Autor(es): dc.creatorde Oliveira, João Victor Pimentel-
Autor(es): dc.creatorde Oliveira, Eduardo José Silva Gomes-
Autor(es): dc.creatorde Brito Pontes, Daniel-
Autor(es): dc.creatorde Figueiredo Neto, José Albuquerque-
Autor(es): dc.creatorSilva, Gyl Eanes Barros-
Data de aceite: dc.date.accessioned2025-08-21T20:36:04Z-
Data de disponibilização: dc.date.available2025-08-21T20:36:04Z-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2025-04-29-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2023-12-31-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202466033-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/11449/300165-
Fonte: dc.identifier.urihttp://educapes.capes.gov.br/handle/11449/300165-
Descrição: dc.descriptionThe Verbal Autopsy (VA) is a questionnaire about the circumstances surrounding a death. It was widely used in Brazil to assist in postmortem diagnoses and investigate excess mortality during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This study aimed to determine the accuracy of investigating acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) using VA. This is a cross-sectional study with prospective data collected from January 2020 to August 2021 at the Death Verification Service of Sao Luis city, Brazil. VA was performed for suspected COVID-19 deaths, and one day of the week was randomly chosen to collect samples from patients without suspected COVID-19. Two swabs were collected after death and subjected to reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for SARS-CoV-2 detection. Of the 250 cases included, the VA questionnaire identified COVID-19-related ARDS in 67.2% (52.98% were positive for COVID-19). The sensitivity of the VA questionnaire was 0.53 (0.45–0.61), the specificity was 0.75 (0.64–0.84), the positive predictive value was 0.81 (0.72–0.88), and the negative predictive value was 0.44 (0.36–0.53). The VA had a lower-than-expected accuracy for detecting COVID-19 deaths; however, because it is an easily accessible and cost-effective tool, it can be combined with more accurate methods to improve its performance.-
Descrição: dc.descriptionFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico do Maranhão-
Descrição: dc.descriptionUniversidade Estadual Paulista Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo-
Descrição: dc.descriptionUniversidade Federal do Maranhão Faculdade de Medicina, Maranhão-
Descrição: dc.descriptionHospital Geral Dr. Cesar Cals, Ceará-
Descrição: dc.descriptionCentro Universitário do Maranhão Faculdade de Medicina, Maranhão-
Descrição: dc.descriptionUniversidade de São Paulo Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto Departamento de Patologia e Medicina Legal, Ribeirão Preto-
Descrição: dc.descriptionUniversidade Estadual Paulista Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo-
Descrição: dc.descriptionFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico do Maranhão: 06/2020-
Idioma: dc.languageen-
Relação: dc.relationRevista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo-
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Palavras-chave: dc.subjectAccuracy-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectCOVID-19-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectVerbal Autopsy-
Título: dc.titleAccuracy of the Verbal Autopsy questionnaire in the diagnosis of COVID-19 deaths in a Brazilian capital-
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