Accuracy of a probabilistic record linkage strategy applied to identify deaths among cases reported to the Brazilian AIDS surveillance database

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Autor(a) principal: Fonseca,Maria Goretti Pereira
Data de Publicação: 2010
Outros Autores: Coeli,Cláudia Medina, Lucena,Francisca de Fátima de Araújo, Veloso,Valdilea Gonçalves, Carvalho,Marilia Sá
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Resumo: Since record linkage errors can bias measures of disease occurrence and association, it is important to assess their accuracy. The aim of this study is to assess the accuracy of a multiple pass probabilistic record linkage strategy to identify deaths among persons reported to the Brazilian AIDS surveillance database. An HIV/AIDS national surveillance database (N = 559,442) was linked to a total of 6,444,822 deaths registered (all causes) in the Brazilian mortality database. To estimate standard measures of accuracy, we selected all AIDS cases with a date of death registered in the surveillance database from 2002 to 2005 (N = 19,750) and 38,675 cases known to be alive in 2006. The linkage strategy presented a sensitivity of 87.6% (95%CI: 87.1-88.2), a specificity of 99.6% (95%CI: 99.6-99.7), and a positive predictive value of 99.2% (95%CI: 99.1-99.3). We observed a small variation in the validity measures according to some putative predictors of mortality. Our findings suggest that even large and heterogeneous databases can be linked with a satisfactory accuracy.
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spelling Accuracy of a probabilistic record linkage strategy applied to identify deaths among cases reported to the Brazilian AIDS surveillance databaseMedical Record LinkageInformation SystemsAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeMortalitySince record linkage errors can bias measures of disease occurrence and association, it is important to assess their accuracy. The aim of this study is to assess the accuracy of a multiple pass probabilistic record linkage strategy to identify deaths among persons reported to the Brazilian AIDS surveillance database. An HIV/AIDS national surveillance database (N = 559,442) was linked to a total of 6,444,822 deaths registered (all causes) in the Brazilian mortality database. To estimate standard measures of accuracy, we selected all AIDS cases with a date of death registered in the surveillance database from 2002 to 2005 (N = 19,750) and 38,675 cases known to be alive in 2006. The linkage strategy presented a sensitivity of 87.6% (95%CI: 87.1-88.2), a specificity of 99.6% (95%CI: 99.6-99.7), and a positive predictive value of 99.2% (95%CI: 99.1-99.3). We observed a small variation in the validity measures according to some putative predictors of mortality. Our findings suggest that even large and heterogeneous databases can be linked with a satisfactory accuracy.Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz2010-07-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2010000700022Cadernos de Saúde Pública v.26 n.7 2010reponame:Cadernos de Saúde Públicainstname:Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)instacron:FIOCRUZ10.1590/S0102-311X2010000700022info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFonseca,Maria Goretti PereiraCoeli,Cláudia MedinaLucena,Francisca de Fátima de AraújoVeloso,Valdilea GonçalvesCarvalho,Marilia Sáeng2010-07-30T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0102-311X2010000700022Revistahttp://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/csp/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpcadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br||cadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br1678-44640102-311Xopendoar:2010-07-30T00:00Cadernos de Saúde Pública - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Accuracy of a probabilistic record linkage strategy applied to identify deaths among cases reported to the Brazilian AIDS surveillance database
title Accuracy of a probabilistic record linkage strategy applied to identify deaths among cases reported to the Brazilian AIDS surveillance database
spellingShingle Accuracy of a probabilistic record linkage strategy applied to identify deaths among cases reported to the Brazilian AIDS surveillance database
Fonseca,Maria Goretti Pereira
Medical Record Linkage
Information Systems
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Mortality
title_short Accuracy of a probabilistic record linkage strategy applied to identify deaths among cases reported to the Brazilian AIDS surveillance database
title_full Accuracy of a probabilistic record linkage strategy applied to identify deaths among cases reported to the Brazilian AIDS surveillance database
title_fullStr Accuracy of a probabilistic record linkage strategy applied to identify deaths among cases reported to the Brazilian AIDS surveillance database
title_full_unstemmed Accuracy of a probabilistic record linkage strategy applied to identify deaths among cases reported to the Brazilian AIDS surveillance database
title_sort Accuracy of a probabilistic record linkage strategy applied to identify deaths among cases reported to the Brazilian AIDS surveillance database
author Fonseca,Maria Goretti Pereira
author_facet Fonseca,Maria Goretti Pereira
Coeli,Cláudia Medina
Lucena,Francisca de Fátima de Araújo
Veloso,Valdilea Gonçalves
Carvalho,Marilia Sá
author_role author
author2 Coeli,Cláudia Medina
Lucena,Francisca de Fátima de Araújo
Veloso,Valdilea Gonçalves
Carvalho,Marilia Sá
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Fonseca,Maria Goretti Pereira
Coeli,Cláudia Medina
Lucena,Francisca de Fátima de Araújo
Veloso,Valdilea Gonçalves
Carvalho,Marilia Sá
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Medical Record Linkage
Information Systems
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Mortality
topic Medical Record Linkage
Information Systems
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Mortality
description Since record linkage errors can bias measures of disease occurrence and association, it is important to assess their accuracy. The aim of this study is to assess the accuracy of a multiple pass probabilistic record linkage strategy to identify deaths among persons reported to the Brazilian AIDS surveillance database. An HIV/AIDS national surveillance database (N = 559,442) was linked to a total of 6,444,822 deaths registered (all causes) in the Brazilian mortality database. To estimate standard measures of accuracy, we selected all AIDS cases with a date of death registered in the surveillance database from 2002 to 2005 (N = 19,750) and 38,675 cases known to be alive in 2006. The linkage strategy presented a sensitivity of 87.6% (95%CI: 87.1-88.2), a specificity of 99.6% (95%CI: 99.6-99.7), and a positive predictive value of 99.2% (95%CI: 99.1-99.3). We observed a small variation in the validity measures according to some putative predictors of mortality. Our findings suggest that even large and heterogeneous databases can be linked with a satisfactory accuracy.
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