Risk factors of intussusception in children under the age of 1 year: retrospective case-control study

Study type

• Study type:
  Non-interventional study
• Scope of the study:
  Assessment of risk minimisation measure implementation or effectiveness

  Disease epidemiology

  Other
• If ‘other’, further details on the scope of the study:
  Further research on the risk factors of intussusception

Non-interventional study

• Non-interventional study design:
  Case-control

Study drug and medical condition

• Medical condition to be studied:
  Intussusception

Population studied

• Age groups:
  Term newborn infants (0 – 27 days)

  Infants and toddlers (28 days – 23 months)
• Estimated number of subjects:
  240

Study design details

• Main study objective:
  This study aims at further elucidating the the causes of intussusception in the first year of life with a special focus on infections and vaccinations preceding intussusception.
• Data analysis plan:
  Logistic regression analysis