Detailed Information on Publication Record
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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Impact factor
Impact factor: 3.600
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14110/22:00128172
Organization unit
Faculty of Medicine
UT WoS
000831710400001
Keywords in English
death; infant; infection; injury; sudden; SIDS; suffocations; unexpected; validity of data; violent
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 20/1/2023 13:31, Mgr. Tereza Miškechová
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.