Comparison of 1-week and 2-week recall periods for caregiver-reported diarrhoeal illness in children, using nationally representative household surveys | Zendy

Katie Overbey | Zendy; Kellogg J. Schwab | Zendy; Natalie G. Exum | Zendy

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Comparison of 1-week and 2-week recall periods for caregiver-reported diarrhoeal illness in children, using nationally representative household surveys

Author(s) -

Katie Overbey,

Kellogg J. Schwab,

Natalie G. Exum

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyz043

Subject(s) - medicine , sanitation , recall , demography , confidence interval , environmental health , hygiene , diarrhea , recall bias , pediatrics , psychology , pathology , sociology , cognitive psychology

Diarrhoeal outcomes in children are often ascertained using caregiver-reported symptoms, which are subject to a variety of biases and methodological challenges. One source of bias is the time window used for reporting diarrhoeal illness and the ability of caregivers to accurately recall episodes in children.

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