Methodological issues of retrospective surveys for measuring mortality of highly clustered diseases: case study of the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in Bo District, Sierra Leone

CONCLUSION: Our findings demonstrate a high degree of clustering; this contributed to imprecise mortality estimates, which have limited utility when assessing the impact of disease. We provide DEFF estimates that can inform future cluster surveys and discuss design improvements to mitigate the limitations of surveys for highly clustered data.PMID:38666727 | PMC:PMC11057552 | DOI:10.1080/16549716.2024.2331291

Source: Global Health Action - April 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Grazia Caleo Kamalini Lokuge Katina Kardamanidis Jane Greig Jaroslava Belava Emer Kilbride Alhaji Sayui Turay Gbessay Saffa Ronald Kremer Francesco Grandesso Kostas Danis Armand Sprecher Gian Luca Di Tanna Holly Baker Helen A Weiss Source Type: research