Trends Over Time (1990-2010) of Diarrhoea-related Hospitalizations and Deaths in Children < 5 Years of Age in Brazil

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Gastroenteritis; Diarrhoea

Treatments: Other: Database analysis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT01175252

112368

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims at collecting data to obtain baseline incidence and monitor trends over time in hospitalizations and deaths from all cause gastroenteritis in children <5 years of age, before and after implementation of Rotarix™ universal mass vaccination in Brazil.

Full description

In this study baseline gastroenteritis related hospital discharges and mortality data from the Ministry of Health databases (DATASUS) will be compared to the current data after introduction of Rotarix™.

Enrollment: 1 patient

Sex: All

Ages: Under 5 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Gastroenteritis associated hospital discharges and gastroenteritis related deaths occurring in children <5 years of age during the period analyzed and registered in the DATASUS databases will be collected for the study

Exclusion criteria

• Not applicable

Trial design

1 participants in 1 patient group

Gastroenteritis Cohort

Description:

All children suffering with gastroenteritis

Treatment:

Other: Database analysis