@article{fdi:010062149,
  title = {{I}mproving the quality of adult mortality data collected in demographic surveys : validation study of a new siblings' survival questionnaire in {N}iakhar, {S}enegal},
  author = {{H}elleringer, {S}. and {P}ison, {G}. and {M}asquelier, {B}. and {K}ant{\'e}, {A}.{M}. and {D}ouillot, {L}. and {D}uth{\'e}, {G}. and {S}okhna, {C}heikh and {D}elaunay, {V}al{\'e}rie},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{BACKGROUND}: {I}n countries with limited vital registration, adult mortality is frequently estimated using siblings' survival histories ({SSH}s) collected during {D}emographic and {H}ealth {S}urveys ({DHS}). {T}hese data are affected by reporting errors. {W}e developed a new {SSH} questionnaire, the siblings' survival calendar ({SSC}). {I}t incorporates supplementary interviewing techniques to limit omissions of siblings and uses an event history calendar to improve reports of dates and ages. {W}e hypothesized that the {SSC} would improve the quality of adult mortality data. {METHODS} {AND} {FINDINGS}: {W}e conducted a retrospective validation study among the population of the {N}iakhar {H}ealth and {D}emographic {S}urveillance {S}ystem in {S}enegal. {W}e randomly assigned men and women aged 15-59 y to an interview with either the {DHS} questionnaire or the {SSC}. {W}e compared {SSH}s collected in each group to prospective data on adult mortality collected in {N}iakhar. {T}he {SSC} reduced respondents' tendency to round reports of dates and ages to the nearest multiple of five or ten ("heaping"). {T}he {SSC} also had higher sensitivity in recording adult female deaths: among respondents whose sister(s) had died at an adult age in the past 15 y, 89.6% reported an adult female death during {SSC} interviews versus 75.6% in {DHS} interviews (p = 0.027). {T}he specificity of the {SSC} was similar to that of the {DHS} questionnaire, i.e., it did not increase the number of false reports of deaths. {H}owever, the {SSC} did not improve the reporting of adult deaths among the brothers of respondents. {S}tudy limitations include sample selectivity, limited external validity, and multiple testing. {CONCLUSIONS}: {T}he {SSC} has the potential to collect more accurate {SSH}s than the questionnaire used in {DHS}. {F}urther research is needed to assess the effects of the {SSC} on estimates of adult mortality rates. {A}dditional validation studies should be conducted in different social and epidemiological settings.},
  keywords = {{MORTALITE} ; {ADULTE} ; {EVALUATION} ; {MESURE} ; {DEMOGRAPHIE} ; {ERREUR} ; {COLLECTE} {DE} {DONNEES} ; {METHODOLOGIE} ; {ENTRETIEN} ; {MILIEU} {RURAL} ; {AGE} {PHYSIOLOGIQUE} ; {VALIDATION} {DE} {RESULTAT} ; {ETUDE} {REGIONALE} ; {ETUDE} {COMPARATIVE} ; {ENQUETE} {DEMOGRAPHIQUE} {ET} {DE} {SANTE} ; {FRATRIE} ; {QUESTIONNAIRE} ; {SENEGAL} ; {NIAKHAR}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{PL}o{S} {M}edicine},
  volume = {11},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {art. e1001652 [18  en ligne]},
  ISSN = {1549-1676},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.1371/journal.pmed.1001652},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010062149},
}