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

Time Trend Analysis of Diarrhoea-related Incidence, Hospitalizations, and Deaths in Children < 5 Years of Age in Panama by Monitoring Secondary Data Sources From 1990-2010

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01171144

Enrollment

Registered

2010-07-28

Start date

2009-01-31

Completion date

2011-09-30

Last updated

2017-06-07

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Conditions

Gastroenteritis

Brief summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Interventions

OTHEREpidemiologic Surveillance System of the Ministry of Health of Panama

Reviewing the Epidemiologic Surveillance System of the Ministry of Health of Panama

OTHERMortality database of the Contraloria General de la Republica

Reviewing the Mortality database of the Contraloria General de la Republica

OTHERHospital discharge records

Reviewing the hospital discharge records

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

No minimum to 59 Months

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Occurrence of all cause reported gastroenteritis	In post vaccine introduction period (2006-2010) compared to pre-vaccination period (1990-2005)
Occurrence of all cause gastroenteritis related hospital discharges	In post vaccine introduction period (2006-2010) compared to pre-vaccination period (2000-2005)
Occurrence of all cause gastroenteritis related deaths.	In post vaccine introduction period (2006-2010) compared to pre-vaccination period (1990-2005)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Occurrence of all cause gastroenteritis-related cases by year, age groups and region	From 1990 to 2010
Occurrence of all cause gastroenteritis related hospital discharge by year, age groups, hospital and setting	From 2000 to 2010
Occurrence of all cause gastroenteritis related deaths by year, age groups and region	From 1990 to 2010

Countries

Panama

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026