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  • Public Health

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  • The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted challenges in disease forecasting and public health response due to missing data.
  • Accurate forecasting requires effective management of incomplete data from diverse sources.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the impact of missing data handling on COVID-19 incidence rate (CIR) estimations.
  • To compare the performance of various imputation methods under different pandemic scenarios.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized COVID-19 surveillance data from Vietnam, divided into "zero COVID-19," "transition," and "new normal" periods.
  • Introduced missing data (5%-30%) randomly into daily caseloads and applied 7 analytical methods.
  • Assessed imputation method effectiveness using statistical and epidemiological indices.

Main Results:

  • K-nearest neighbor (KNN) imputation showed the lowest mean absolute percentage change (APC) in CIR across missing data levels (5%-30%).
  • Median imputation yielded the lowest bias for confirmed cases in COVID-19 containment cycles (CCCs).
  • Maximum likelihood and moving average methods exhibited significantly higher biases, especially in the "new normal" period.

Conclusions:

  • The choice of data imputation method significantly impacts COVID-19 epidemiological estimates.
  • Selecting an appropriate imputation technique tailored to the specific epidemiological context and data environment is essential for reliable CIR estimations.