Screening tools - critical illness - Tanzania

Meda, A, Riaz, A and Todd, J. 2022. Screening tools - critical illness - Tanzania. [Online]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00002884.

Meda, A, Riaz, A and Todd, J. Screening tools - critical illness - Tanzania [Internet]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; 2022. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00002884.

Meda, A, Riaz, A and Todd, J (2022). Screening tools - critical illness - Tanzania. [Data Collection]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00002884.

Methods

Description of data capture

All data were collected on paper and transferred to EPIDATA. The primary outcome was mortality at 30 days. Multiple phone numbers were obtained from each patient who was discharged alive from the hospital in order to verify the patient’s vital status (alive or dead) at 30 days.

Data capture method

Questionnaire

Data Collection Period

From	To
October 2017	February 2018

Date (Completed)

3 May 2022

Geographical area covered

North Latitude	East Longitude	South Latitude	West Longitude
-2.37286	33.5919	-3.53584	31.9467

Language(s) of written materials

English

People & Groups

Data Creators	Meda, A, Riaz, A and Todd, J
Associated roles	Shaban, I (Data Collector) and Lyeselo, M (Data Collector)
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Population Health (2012- )
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania