Titre |
NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS RECEIVED IN CONSULTATION AT THE BASSILA ZONE HOSPITAL (NORTH-WEST BENIN) |
Auteurs |
Adébo Amirath Adégnika [1],
YESSOUFOU ABDOU GANIOU [2],
BIO BOUKO Marius [3],
ASSOUMANOU Latifatou [4],
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Journal: |
International Journal of Advanced Research |
Catégorie Journal: |
Internationale |
Impact factor: |
7.08 |
Volume Journal: |
8 |
DOI: |
10.21474/IJAR01/10997 |
Resume |
The nutritional status of children under 5 years of age was an important
indicator for monitoring their growth. This study aims to determine the
nutritional status of children under five 5 years of age received in
consultation and/or hospitalized pediatric ward of Bassila Area
Hospital. This was a prospective, descriptive and analytical study that
is unwound from March 7 to May 21, 2019. The study included
children under 5 years whose parents agreed to do medical exams at the
hospital.The size and weight of the children were collected.
Anthropometric indices were calculated using WHO Anthro® software
(Version 3.2.2). Results of the Blood count, Thick Drop / Parasite
Density and C-Reactive Protein Counts were obtained from the
children's records. Consenting parents have been subjected to series of
questions developed for this purpose. Excel and SPSS software were
used for data processing and analysis. The threshold of significance
was 5%. In total, 300 children were the subject of this study. 26.9% of
the children surveyed were emaciated, 23% were stunted, 28.3% were
underweight and 8.6% were overweight. In addition, 90.67% of
children were anemic with 48.9% severe cases. Etiological research has
shown that 90.44% of children had microcytic anemia and 69.37% had
normocytic anemia.All of us, children were exposed to both energy
malnutrition in all its forms and a worrying nutritional anemia from so,
a "double" burden of malnutrition in this study population. |
Mots clés |
Energy Malnutrition, Nutritional
Anemia, Double Burden Of
Malnutrition, Bassila, Benin |
Pages |
872 - 877 |
Fichier |
(PDF) |