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

Time Trend Analysis of Diarrhea-related Hospitalizations and Deaths in Children < 5 Years of Age in Brazil, 1990-2010

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01175252

Enrollment

Registered

2010-08-04

Start date

2008-12-31

Completion date

2012-06-30

Last updated

2012-11-12

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Conditions

Diarrhoea, Gastroenteritis

Keywords

Gastroenteritis

Brief summary

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.

Detailed 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™.

Interventions

OTHERDatabase analysis

Review and collect data from database

Study design

Observational model

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

No minimum to 5 Years

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Occurrence of all cause gastroenteritis related hospital discharges and deaths	In post vaccine introduction period compared to pre-vaccination period (gastroenteritis related hospital discharges from 1998 to 2010, gastroenteritis related deaths from 1990 to 2009)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Occurrence of all cause gastroenteritis related hospital discharges and hospital deaths by year, region and age groups	From 1998 to 2010
Occurrence of all cause gastroenteritis related deaths by year, region and age groups	From 1990 to 2009

Countries

Brazil

Outcome results

None listed

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