Parents' insights after pediatric hospitalization due to rotavirus gastroenteritis in Italy

• Published in: Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics Vol. 13; no. 9; pp. 2155 - 2159
• Main Authors: Marchetti, Federico, Vetter, Volker, Conforti, Giorgio, Esposito, Susanna, Bonanni, Paolo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Taylor & Francis 02.09.2017; Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: Child, Hospitalized; Child, Preschool; Cost of Illness; Diarrhea - economics; Diarrhea - epidemiology; Diarrhea - virology; Female; gastroenteritis; Gastroenteritis - economics; Gastroenteritis - epidemiology; Gastroenteritis - virology; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; hospitalization; Hospitalization - economics; Hospitals, Pediatric; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Interviews as Topic; Italy; Italy - epidemiology; Male; Parents - psychology; Research Paper; rotavirus; Rotavirus Infections - economics; Rotavirus Infections - epidemiology; Rotavirus Vaccines; stress; Stress, Psychological - etiology; Surveys and Questionnaires; stress; Italy; hospitalization; gastroenteritis; rotavirus

Most of the severe cases of acute gastroenteritis in infants and children under 5 globally are caused by rotavirus infection. There are nearly 15,000 rotavirus gastroenteritis (RVGE) hospitalizations in Italy each year, which could be reduced by available rotavirus vaccines. In addition to the econo...