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Document 0715
DOCN M9640715
TI Completeness of AIDS reporting and quality of AIDS death certification
in Tuscany (Italy): a linkage study between surveillance system of cases
and death certificates.
DT 9604
AU Barchielli A; Buiatti E; Galanti C; Giovannetti L; Acciai S; Lazzeri V;
Epidemiology Unit, Centre for Study and Prevention of Cancer,; Florence,
Italy.
SO Eur J Epidemiol. 1995 Oct;11(5):513-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96139644
AB In Italy, the AIDS cases defined according to the CDC criteria are
reported to the National AIDS Registry (RAIDS, compulsory surveillance
system). The aim of the present study is to evaluate the completeness of
AIDS cases reported and the quality of AIDS death certification in an
Italian Region (Tuscany, about 3,500,000 inhabitants). The 737 AIDS
cases reported to RAIDS as residents in Tuscany (1987-91) were
cross-linked (key link: name and date of birth) with the data of the
Mortality Registration system of the Region (RMR). For the residents in
Tuscany decreased with a 279.1 death diagnosis (the code for AIDS deaths
stated by the Italian Census Bureau) and not reported to RAIDS as AIDS
cases, the clinical records were reviewed to check whether the diagnosis
fitted the 1987-CDC diagnostic criteria. This study shows that there is
a high completeness (97-98%) of the AIDS cases resident in Tuscany,
reported to the RAIDS. The quality of RAIDS data is not as good with
regard to life status assessment (23% of under-reporting of death). In
Tuscany, the death certification for AIDS (code 279.1 of ICD IX) has a
sensitivity of 88% and a specificity around 100% in comparison to RAIDS.
About 50% of 'false negatives' in death certification are due to causes
of death presumably unrelated to HIV infection. The evaluation of the
quality of AIDS surveillance and mortality data is important in the
assessment of the impact for AIDS epidemic in a target population.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/*MORTALITY *Death
Certificates Disease Notification Female Forms and Records Control
Hospital Records Human HIV Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/MORTALITY
Information Systems Italy/EPIDEMIOLOGY Male Medical Record Linkage
*Population Surveillance Quality Control *Registries Sensitivity and
Specificity Support, Non-U.S. Gov't JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).