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Assessing the performance of the family folder system for collecting community-based health information in Tigray Region, North Ethiopia: a capture-recapture study

Por: Derbew · A. A. · Debeb · H. G. · Kinsman · J. · Myleus · A. · Byass · P.
Objectives

To assess completeness and accuracy of the family folder in terms of capturing community-level health data.

Study design

A capture–recapture method was applied in six randomly selected districts of Tigray Region, Ethiopia.

Participants

Child health data, abstracted from randomly selected 24 073 family folders from 99 health posts, were compared with similar data recaptured through household survey and routine health information made by these health posts.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Completeness and accuracy of the family folder data; and coverage selected child health indicators, respectively.

Results

Demographic data captured by the family folders and household survey were highly concordant, concordance correlation for total population, women 15–49 years age and under 5-year child were 0.97 (95% CI 0.94 to 0.99, p

Conclusion

The family folder system comprises a promising development. However, operational issues concerning the seamless capture and recording of events and merging community and facility data at the health centre level need improvement.

What is the aetiology of dysnatraemia in COVID-19 and how is this related to outcomes in patients admitted during earlier and later COVID-19 waves? A multicentre, retrospective observational study in 11 Dutch hospitals

Por: de Haan · L. · ten Wolde · M. · Beudel · M. · Olde Engberink · R. H. G. · Appelman · B. · Haspels-Hogervorst · E. K. · Rusch · D. · Gritters van den Oever · N. C. · Simsek · S. · Paternotte · N. · van den Bergh · J. P. · Wyers · C. E. · de Kruif · M. D. · Dormans · T. · Moeniralam
Objectives

To evaluate the relationship among dysnatraemia at hospital presentation and duration of admission, risk of intensive care unit (ICU) admission and all-cause mortality and to assess the underlying pathophysiological mechanism of hyponatraemia in patients with COVID-19. Our hypothesis is that both hyponatraemia and hypernatraemia at presentation are associated with adverse outcomes.

Design

Observational study.

Setting

Secondary care; 11 Dutch hospitals (2 university and 9 general hospitals).

Participants

An analysis was performed within the retrospective multicentre cohort study COVIDPredict. 7811 patients were included (60% men, 40% women) between 24 February 2020 and 9 August 2022. Patients who were ≥18 years with PCR-confirmed COVID-19 or CT with COVID-19 reporting and data system score≥4 and alternative diagnosis were included. Patients were excluded when serum sodium levels at presentation were not registered in the database or when they had been transferred from another participating hospital.

Outcome measures

We studied demographics, medical history, symptoms and outcomes. Patients were stratified according to serum sodium concentration and urinary sodium excretion.

Results

Hyponatraemia was present in 2677 (34.2%) patients and hypernatraemia in 126 (1.6%) patients. Patients with hyponatraemia presented more frequently with diarrhoea, lower blood pressure and tachycardia. Hyponatraemia was, despite a higher risk for ICU admission (OR 1.27 (1.11–1.46; p

Conclusions

Hypernatraemia at presentation was associated with adverse outcomes in patients with COVID-19. Hypovolaemic hyponatraemia was found to be the most common aetiology of hyponatraemia. Hyponatraemia of unknown aetiology was associated with a higher risk for ICU admission and intubation and longer duration of admission.

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