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Quality of death notification forms in North West Bank/Palestine: a descriptive study

Jamal A S Qaddumi1, Zaher Nazzal2, Allam R S Yacoup3

  • 1Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, PO box 7, Nablus, Palestine. jamal9877@najah.edu.

BMC Research Notes
|April 13, 2017
PubMed

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Physician errors in death notification forms (DNFs) are widespread, impacting mortality data. Improving DNF accuracy is crucial for reliable public health research and policy decisions.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Medical Documentation
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Death notification forms (DNFs) are critical for national mortality reporting and evidence-based decision-making.
  • Inaccurate DNFs can significantly skew public health statistics and policy development.
  • Errors in DNF completion are a global issue with varied causes and types.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the completeness and identify error types within the cause of death section of death notification forms.
  • To assess the quality of DNF completion in North West Bank/Palestine.

Main Methods:

  • A descriptive study reviewed 2707 DNFs from North West Bank/Palestine in 2012.
  • Data abstraction sheets were used for data collection.
  • SPSS 17.0 was utilized to analyze the frequency of major and minor errors.

Main Results:

  • Only 1% of DNFs had a completely correct cause of death section.
  • The immediate cause of death was correctly identified in 5.9% of forms.
  • The underlying cause of death was reported correctly in 55.4%, but the sequence was incorrect in 41.5% of DNFs.
  • The most common minor error was omitting time intervals (97.0%).

Conclusions:

  • Nearly all DNFs contained at least one error, potentially compromising mortality statistics and health policy.
  • Regular training workshops for healthcare professionals on DNF completion are recommended.
  • Simplifying and updating national DNFs according to current guidelines is advised.
Abstract

Keywords:
Cause-of-deathDeath notification formPalestineQuality

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