Trends Over Time (1990-2010) of Diarrhoea-related Incidence, Hospitalizations and Deaths in Children of Panama

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Gastroenteritis

Treatments: Other: Epidemiologic Surveillance System of the Ministry of Health of Panama; Other: Hospital discharge records; Other: Mortality database of the Contraloria General de la Republica

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT01171144

111757

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims at collecting data from secondary sources to obtain baseline incidence and monitor trends over time (1990 - 2010) of reported gastroenteritis cases, gastroenteritis related hospital discharges and gastroenteritis related deaths in children < 5 years of age in Panama before and after implementation of Rotarix™ universal mass vaccination.

Full description

Data will be collected from systematic review of the databases of epidemiologic surveillance system, hospital discharges and deaths for all cause gastroenteritis related outcomes.

Enrollment: 1 patient

Sex: All

Ages: Under 59 months old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diarrhea cases, diarrhea associated hospital discharges, and diarrhea related deaths occurring in children <5 years of age during the period analyzed and registered in the Epidemiologic Surveillance System of the Ministry of Health, in the mortality database of the Contraloría General de la República and in the hospital discharge records of the selected hospitals, will be collected for the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Not applicable

Trial design

1 participants in 1 patient group

Gastroenteritis Group

Description:

All children suffering with gastroenteritis

Treatment:

Other: Epidemiologic Surveillance System of the Ministry of Health of Panama

Other: Mortality database of the Contraloria General de la Republica

Other: Hospital discharge records