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Experience of establishing and coordinating a nationwide network for bidirectional intussusception surveillance in India: lessons for multisite research studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To document and share the process of establishing the nationally representative multisite surveillance network for intussusception in India, coordination, data management and lessons learnt from the implementation.

Design

This study combined both retrospective and prospective surveillance approaches.

Setting

19 tertiary care institutions were selected in India considering the geographic representation and public and private mix PARTICIPANTS: All children under-2 years of age with intussusception PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: The experience of site selection, regulatory approvals, data collection, quality assurance and network coordination were documented.