scholarly journals Prevalence of underweight and its risk factors among under-five children in a tertiary care hospital of Chitradurga

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-37
Author(s):  
A M Amrutha ◽  
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Vijayalaxmi Mangasuli ◽  
Sherin Joseph Xavier ◽  
M R Nagendra Gowda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Under Five Children

scholarly journals Demographic and clinical profile of children with severe acute malnutrition admitted in a tertiary care hospital in Mahbubnagar, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 300
Author(s):  
Archana Reddy D. ◽  
Lakshmi Aparnadevi V. V.
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Severe Acute Malnutrition ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Acute Malnutrition ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Under Five Children

Background: All possible efforts are being made by the governments, and other agencies to reduce the burden of these problems of malnutrition and deaths associated with it but still it remains a challenge. Severe acute malnutrition continues to constitute an important risk for mortality and morbidity among the under five children. Objective of the study was to study the profile and risk factors of severe acute malnutrition of the under five children in a tertiary care hospital setting.Methods: Hospital based cross sectional study was carried out among 60 under five children with severe acute malnutrition who were admitted for difference causes in the Pediatric wards of SVS Medical College and Hospital, Mahabubnagar. A detailed history and physical examination were done. Anthropometric indices like weight, length/height, MUAC and weight for height were recorded and analysed using WHO growth charts.Results: Majority of the children with severe acute malnutrition were found in the age group of 1-2 years i.e. 48.3%. Males were more (69%) compared to females (31%) and this can be attributed to the hospital based cross sectional nature of the present study. Only 21.6% of the children were completely immunized for age. Majority of the children were found to have grade IV type of malnutrition i.e. 38.3%. Majority of the children presented with fever in 71.6% of the cases. Majority of the children had gastrointestinal related comorbidity in 54.6% of the cases.Conclusions: Incomplete immunization, low social class, inappropriate feeding practices in young age of <1 year are important risk factors of severe acute malnutrition.

scholarly journals Risk factors for pneumonia mortality in under-five children in a tertiary care hospital of Darjeeling district of West Bengal: A prospective case–control study

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 368
Author(s):  
Abhijit Mukherjee ◽  
Sumanta Chakraborty ◽  
Sharmistha Bhattacherjee ◽  
Rahul Majumdar ◽  
Mridula Chatterjee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Control Study ◽  
Prospective Case Control Study

scholarly journals Knowledge and practices of mothers of under-five children regarding Zinc supplementation in childhood diarrhea

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-304
Author(s):  
Meenal Kulkarni ◽  
Vedant Nayse ◽  
Jaydeep Nayse
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Study ◽  
Zinc Supplementation ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Childhood Diarrhea ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Under Five Children ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

Diarrhoea continues to plaque the developing worldresulting in morbidity of 1.7 billionand mortality of 5.25 lakhsin under- five childrenIn India diarrhea is 3 most common cause of death among under-five children with morbidity of 11.6 million and mortality of 1300 deaths and thus causing 8% of deaths per yearZinc has a major role in prevention of diarrhea. To assess the knowledge and practices of mothers of under-five children regarding zinc supplementation for prevention of childhood diarrhea, to find out the reasons for not supplementing Zinc during diarrhoeal episodes, to find out association between socio-demographic factors and awareness of zinc supplementation. : Hospital based cross sectional analytical study was conducted among 200 mothers of underfive children in outpatient department of Paediatrics of a tertiary care hospital. The data was entered in predesigned semistructured questionnaire. Data was analysed by EPI INFO 7 software. Only 18(9%) mothers were aware about use of Zn supplementation to the under-five children in childhood diarrhoea. Only 10 mothers administered zinc supplementation in childhood diarrhea. Unawareness regarding Zn supplement was common reason mentioned for not giving Zn supplementation. Association was found between religion, type of family and awareness of Zn supplementation. There is a need to increase awareness of mothers regarding zinc supplementation by conducting health education sessions.

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