| Literature DB >> 21676346 |
D Van Cauteren1, H De Valk, S Vaux, Y Le Strat, V Vaillant.
Abstract
In France surveillance underestimates the true burden of acute gastroenteritis (AG). We conducted a population-based, retrospective cross-sectional telephone survey between May 2009 and April 2010 in order to obtain more accurate estimates of the incidence and the burden of AG and to describe healthcare-seeking behaviour for AG. Of the 10 080 persons included in the survey, 260 respondents reported 263 episodes of AG. The incidence rate of AG was estimated at 0·33 cases/person-year (95% CI 0·28-0·37). It was highest in children aged <5 years and declined with age. Thirty-three percent (95% CI 27-40) of the AG cases consulted a physician and 76% (95% CI 70-82) used medication. Our results indicate that there are more than 21 million episodes of AG each year in France. These results allow a more accurate interpretation of the data derived from existing AG surveillance systems.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID： 21676346 DOI： 10.1017/S0950268811000999
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Epidemiol Infect ISSN： 0950-2688 Impact factor: 2.451