Clinical trial · Observational
Death Certificate Analysis at Colombian Orinoquia: A Retrospective Observational Trial.
Death Certificate Analysis and Mortality at a Hospital From Colombian Orinoquia: A Retrospective Observational Trial.
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
By hospital mortality, the health of a population is identified. Death certificates are a valuable tool in establishing causes of death. The objective will be to analyze the main causes of death in hospitalized patients by population groups of interest. A retrospective observational study will be carried out, by analyzing the death databases of the Hospital Departamental of Villavicencio from January 2012 to May 2022. The records will be exported to Excel for review and debugging. Demographic variables and causes of death will be analyzed. The categorical variables will be described in frequency and proportion; the quantitative ones will be defined in their central distribution and dispersion. For comparison, the Chi-square and Mann-Whitney test will be performed according to the characteristics of the outcome studied. It is expected to identify the main causes of death in the groups of interest (adults, maternal, infants, fetal and non-fetal, congenital malformations) and their characteristics.
Conditions
Conditions (5)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Chronic Disease | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Hospital Mortality | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Non Communicable Chronic Diseases | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Public Health | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Risk factor | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (7)
- label
- Cancer
- description
- Death certificates of patients died by cancer or with cancer.
- interventionNames
- Other: Risk factor
- label
- Cardiovascular
- description
- Death certificates of patients died by cardiovascular conditions or complications.
- interventionNames
- Other: Risk factor
- label
- Tuberculosis
- description
- Death certificates of patients died by or with tuberculosis, including patients with HIV.
- interventionNames
- Other: Risk factor
- label
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Maximum age
- 120 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Deceased people during hospitalization. * Out-of-hospital deceased people (home) and certified by the institution Exclusion Criteria: * Registers of people deceased by an external (violent) cause. * Registers of people that required certification by the Coroner's office.
References
Publications (10)
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