ArticleJournal of multidisciplinary healthcare2021
Exploring Perceptions and Acceptance of Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling among Bereaved Relatives and Health-Care Professionals in Rwanda.
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- The acceptability of minimally invasive tissue sampling for cause of death determination in rural South Africa: A qualitative analysis.PloS one · 2026Article
- Knowledge, acceptability, and attitudes regarding minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) techniques in Brazil.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Acceptability of minimal invasive tissue sampling (MITS) for stillbirths in Eastern Uganda.PloS one · 2025Article
- Child mortality in Eastern Ethiopia: acceptability of Postmortem minimally invasive tissue sampling in a predominantly muslim community.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Postmortem minimally invasive tissue sampling in communities: exploring perceptions of families, funeral workers, religious and community leaders and healthcare providers from Pakistan.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Community perceptions of postmortem examination and minimally invasive tissue sampling in neonates:a qualitative study in South India.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- A Qualitative Assessment of Community Acceptability and Its Determinants in the Implementation of Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling in Children in Quelimane City, Mozambique.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2023Article
- Knowledge and attitudes toward complete diagnostic autopsy and minimally invasive autopsy: A cross-sectional survey in Hanoi, Vietnam.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeIn most low- and lower middle-income countries (LMICs), minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) is a relatively new procedure for identifying the cause of death (CoD). This study aimed to explore perceptions and acceptance of bereaved families and health-care professionals regarding MITS in the context of MITS initiation in Rwanda as an alternative to clinical autopsy.
methodsThis was a qualitative phenomenological study with thematic analysis. Participants were bereaved relatives (individual interviews) and health-care professionals (focus-group discussions) involved in MITS implementation. It was conducted in the largest referral and teaching hospital in Rwanda.
resultsMotivators of MITS acceptance included eagerness to know the CoD, noninvasiveness of MITS, trust in medics, and the fact that it was free. Barriers to consent to MITS included inadequate explanations from health-care professionals, high socioeconomic status, lack of power to make decisions, and lack of trust in medics. Health-care professionals perceived both conventional autopsy and MITS as gold-standard procedures in CoD determination. They recommended including MITS among hospital services and commended the post-MITS multidisciplinary discussion panel in CoD determination. They pointed out that there might be reticence in approaching bereaved relatives to obtain consent for MITS. Both groups of participants highlighted the issue of delay in releasing MITS results.
conclusionBoth health-care professionals and bereaved relatives appreciate that MITS is an acceptable procedure to include in routine hospital services. Dealing with barriers met by either group is to be considered in the eventual next phases of MITS implementation in Rwanda and similar sociocultural contexts.
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