Indeterminacy of the Diagnosis of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Leading to Problems with the Validity of Data

J 2022

Indeterminacy of the Diagnosis of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Leading to Problems with the Validity of Data

OLECKA, Ivana, Martin DOBIAS, Adela LEMROVA, Katerina IVANOVA, Tomas FURST et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Indeterminacy of the Diagnosis of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Leading to Problems with the Validity of Data

Authors

OLECKA, Ivana (203 Czech Republic), Martin DOBIAS (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Adela LEMROVA (203 Czech Republic), Katerina IVANOVA (203 Czech Republic), Tomas FURST (203 Czech Republic), Jan KRAJSA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Petr HANDLOS (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Diagnostics, Basel, MDPI, 2022, 2075-4418

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30501 Forensic science

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.600

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/22:00128172

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12071512

UT WoS

000831710400001

Keywords in English

death; infant; infection; injury; sudden; SIDS; suffocations; unexpected; validity of data; violent

Abstract

V originále

The validity of infant mortality data is essential in assessing health care quality and in the setting of preventive measures. This study explores different diagnostic procedures used to determine the cause of death across forensic settings and thus the issue of the reduced validity of data. All records from three forensic medical departments that conducted autopsies on children aged 12 months or younger (n = 204) who died during the years 2007-2016 in Moravia were included. Differences in diagnostic procedures were found to be statistically significant. Each department works with a different set of risk factors and places different emphasis on different types of examination. The most significant differences could be observed in sudden infant death syndrome and suffocation diagnosis frequency. The validity of statistical data on the causes of infant mortality is thus significantly reduced. Therefore, the possibilities of public health and social policy interventions toward preventing sudden and unexpected infant death are extraordinarily complicated by this lack of data validity.

Citovat

OLECKA, Ivana, Martin DOBIAS, Adela LEMROVA, Katerina IVANOVA, Tomas FURST, Jan KRAJSA and Petr HANDLOS. Indeterminacy of the Diagnosis of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Leading to Problems with the Validity of Data. Diagnostics. Basel: MDPI, 2022, vol. 12, No 7, p. 1-17. ISSN 2075-4418. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12071512.

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OLECKA, Ivana, Martin DOBIAS, Adela LEMROVA, Katerina IVANOVA, Tomas FURST, Jan KRAJSA and Petr HANDLOS. Indeterminacy of the Diagnosis of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Leading to Problems with the Validity of Data. \textit{Diagnostics}. Basel: MDPI, 2022, vol.~12, No~7, p.~1-17. ISSN~2075-4418. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12071512.

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