Determinants of health care seeking behavior for childhood infectious diseases and malnutrition: A slum-based survey from Bangladesh

Akter, Sumaiya; Banna, Md. Hasan Al; Brazendale, Keith; Sultana, Mst Sadia; Kundu, Satyajit; Disu, Tasnim Rahman; Alshahrani, Najim Z.; Tareq, Md. Abu; Hassan, Md. Nazmul; Khan, M. Masroor A.

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“…Patients with type 2 diabetes may see an improvement in their quality of life as a result of interventions aimed at these controllable factors. When formulating patient-centred care plans for people with type 2 diabetes, healthcare providers should take these factors into account [22][23][24][25][26][27].…”

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The Impact of Diabetes Mellitus Duration and Complications on Health-Related Quality of Life Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients in Khamis Mushit City, Saudi Arabia

Alshahrani,

Alshahrani

et al. 2023

Cureus

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Background and objectives: Diabetes mellitus is one of the most significant public health problems in Saudi Arabia. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the impact of disease duration and disease complications on health-related quality of life among type 2 diabetic patients. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 380 adult diabetic type 2 patients at a tertiary hospital in the city of Khamis Mushit in Saudi Arabia. The participants were asked to complete a pre-validated health status questionnaire (SF-36) consisting of 36 questions measuring eight domains of health, with each domain providing a score from 0 to 100. Demographic and clinical variables were collected using a diabetes type 2 specification form designed to be used in conjunction with the health status questionnaire. The clinical data included variables such as duration of diabetes, co-morbidities, and treatment modality. Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS version 22 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA), with differences tested using various statistical tests. Spearman correlation was done between the score and continuous variables, such as age and BMI. A p-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Most of the participants (40%) were recently diagnosed with diabetes mellitus (less than one year ago) and 29.5% of the participants were diagnosed with diabetes mellitus within one to five years. The percentage of those with complications was 39.2%, which was mainly diabetic foot (43.4%) followed by nephropathy (29.5%). 46.8% of the participants were admitted due to conditions related to diabetes mellitus. Dietary modifications were prescribed in 38.4% of the participants, 19.5% used non-insulin medications only, 22.6% were on insulin, and 19.5% were using oral medications and insulin. The relationship between diabetes mellitus complications and quality of life domains revealed no significant difference in most of the domains except physical function and general health, which were lower with complicated diabetes melitus. Similarly, the relation between diabetes mellitus duration and quality of life domains was also not significant in all domains except physical function, which was low with a duration of more than 10 years. Conclusions: Understandably, the complications associated with diabetes melitus resulted in low quality of life - in terms of physical function and general health - due to the organ-dysfunction associated with poor glycaemic control. Similarly, disease duration greater than 10 years resulted in impaired physical functioning.

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The Impact of Diabetes Mellitus Duration and Complications on Health-Related Quality of Life Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients in Khamis Mushit City, Saudi Arabia

Alshahrani,

Alshahrani

et al. 2023

Cureus

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Determining the Associated Factors of Mothers’ Healthcare-Seeking Behaviour for Common Childhood Morbidity Among Tribal and Non-tribal Communities in India Using Andersen’s Behavioural Model

Hemram,

Subba

2024

Population, Environment and Disease

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Exploring the Factors Associated with Dietary Diversity of Children Aged 6–59 Months in Some Rural and Slum Areas of Bangladesh amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Effect Regression Analysis

Kundu

Sayeed

Azene

et al. 2022

Current Developments in Nutrition

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Background Dietary diversity (DD) is one of the key components of diet quality, and malnutrition due to poor diet quality led to child morbidity and mortality. However, in Bangladesh, there is a lack of information on childhood DD (aged 6–59 months) amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Objectives The purpose of this study was to assess the minimum DD and its associated factors among children aged 6–59 months during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. Methods A cross sectional study was carried out in six districts of Bangladesh. A total of 1190 respondents were included using cluster random sampling. Individual Dietary Diversity scale (IDDS) for children was used to assess the children's dietary diversity score. Factors associated with DD of children were identified using multilevel binary logistics regression model. Results About 70% of the children aged 6–59 months had minimum DD during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. Children who belonged to slum areas (AOR = 0.45 95% CI: 0.24–0.83), family income 12000–15000 BDT (AOR = 1.79; 95% CI: 1.06–3.05) and above 15000 BDT (AOR = 2.59; 95% CI: 1.47–4.57), mothers aged between 26 to 30 years (AOR = 0.35; 95% CI: 0.20–0.62) and more than 30 years (AOR = 0.43; 95% CI: 0.22, 0.85), respondents who had two under-five children (AOR = 0.43; 95% CI: 0.28–0.66), and children aged 12–23 months (AOR = 1.89; 95% CI: 1.14, 3.20) were significantly associated with DD among children aged 6–59 months. Conclusion The findings of this study highlight the need food and nutrition-related intervention, particularly targeting the mothers of younger age and having more than two under-five children, mothers from slum regions and, fathers who were unemployed improving dietary diversity practices of the children.

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Determinants of health care seeking behavior for childhood infectious diseases and malnutrition: A slum-based survey from Bangladesh

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References 38 publications

The Impact of Diabetes Mellitus Duration and Complications on Health-Related Quality of Life Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients in Khamis Mushit City, Saudi Arabia

The Impact of Diabetes Mellitus Duration and Complications on Health-Related Quality of Life Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients in Khamis Mushit City, Saudi Arabia

Determining the Associated Factors of Mothers’ Healthcare-Seeking Behaviour for Common Childhood Morbidity Among Tribal and Non-tribal Communities in India Using Andersen’s Behavioural Model

Exploring the Factors Associated with Dietary Diversity of Children Aged 6–59 Months in Some Rural and Slum Areas of Bangladesh amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Effect Regression Analysis

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