在复杂的抽样调查中测量丧亲患率:2019年格鲁吉亚行为风险因素监测系统 (BRFSS)
Changle Li1, Toni P Miles2, Ye Shen1
1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.
BMC medical research methodology
|June 13, 2023
概括
最近的丧失可以通过调查来衡量,据估计,在2018-2019年,约45.38%的格鲁吉亚成年人经历了丧失. 本分析探讨了使用调查数据准确估计丧患病率的方法.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生监督 公共卫生监督
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 调查方法 调查方法
背景情况:
- 行为风险因素监测系统 (BRFSS) 是监测公共卫生趋势的关键工具.
- 2019年,在格鲁吉亚 (GA) 试行了一项新的3项模块,以评估18岁以上成年人的丧失.
研究的目的:
- 确定是否可以从调查数据准确地估计丧失的流行率,而无需显著的抽样错误或小子样本.
- 评估多重归算技术的有效性,以处理丧亲研究中的不响应和缺失数据.
主要方法:
- 使用了两个分析场景:场景1 (加权数据与归算) 反映了公共卫生使用情况,场景2 (未加权数据与缺失数据删除) 反映了社会科学使用情况.
- 分析了2019年格鲁吉亚BRFSS调查的数据,重点关注在2018年或2019年报告密切接触者的死亡的参与者.
主要成果:
- 丧亲查项目反应率为69.1%.
- 第一个情景估计丧亲患率为45.38% (3,739,120名成年人).
- 场景2给出了略高的患病率估计 (46.02%) 和高估了1.39%,强调了数据处理方法的影响.
结论:
- 在人口监测调查中可以测量悲伤,但必须考虑响应偏差.
- 准确估计丧亲患率对于人口健康评估至关重要.
- 该研究强调了包括单个州,单个年龄在内的局限性,以及排除18岁以下的个人.
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