Factors associated with nutritional status of women of reproductive age group in rural, Nepal

Acharya, Shiva Raj; Bhatta, Jeevan; Timilsina, Diwash Prasad

doi:10.21276/apjhs.2017.4.4.6

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“…Similarly study done by Acharya, et al showed that consumption of sufficient and various types of foods, significantly had better nutritional status compared to their counterparts. 15 This low dietary practice of pregnant women may be due to their low income, relatively high family size, and lack of nutritional information and low educational status of the study participants. Adequate nutritional intake is one of the most important factors affecting on one's health and well-being, especially during pregnancy.…”

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Undernutrition and its association with socio-demographic factors among pregnant women attending tertiary health care hospital in northern Maharashtra: a cross sectional study

Rathod

Borde

Patil

et al. 2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Maternal nutrition is one of the most important health and welfare problems among women in developing countries. Only limited research has been conducted on the prevalence and determinants of maternal nutritional status in Maharashtra. Particularly, data on the nutritional status of pregnant women are lacking. The aim of this was to assess prevalence and determinants of undernutrition among pregnant women attending antenatal care center.Methods: An institution based cross-sectional study was conducted during September to December, 2018. Randomly selected 303 pregnant women were included in the study. Nutritional status was estimated using mid-upper-arm circumference. Data on potential determinants of undernutrition were gathered using a structured questionnaire. Statistical analysis was done using logistic regression. p<0.05 at 95% confidence interval was considered as statistically significant.Results: Overall prevalence of under-nutrition among study participants was 21.8%. Using a logistic regression model, factors significantly associated with the under nutrition were rural residence (AOR=0.675; 95%CI 0.307-1.485), having less than three years duration of marriage (AOR=6.650;95%CI 2.268-19.501), living with joint family (AOR=4.128;95%CI 1.606-10.611), no utilization of family planning methods (AOR=0.319; 95%CI 0.131-0.775), less no. of ANC visit (AOR=3.253; 95%CI 1.342-7.888) and having less frequency of meal (AOR=0.319 (0.149-0.683). Remaining all factors like religion, education, occupation, family size, gravida, parity, consumption of iron and calcium tablet, getting USG done, anti-tetanus vaccination, support from family and husband were not found as significant risk factors for undernutrition.Conclusions: Integrated approach is must to combat malnutrition among pregnant women.

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“…Similarly study done by Acharya, et al showed significant relationship between the family type and the nutritional status. 15 Households that had fewer individuals were more likely to have good nutritional status. 23.6% of study population living in joint family was underweight.…”

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Undernutrition and its association with socio-demographic factors among pregnant women attending tertiary health care hospital in northern Maharashtra: a cross sectional study

Rathod

Borde

Patil

et al. 2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…Maternal undernutrition in the low and middle-income countries is an underlining cause for a 3.5 million mother’s deaths and disabilities due to physical and mental effects of poor dietary intake in the earliest months of life [7, 9, 10]. Previous studies have established that undernourished pregnant women suffer from a combination of chronic energy deficiency that leads them to have a low birth weight (LBW), preterm and unsuccessful birth outcomes [11–13].…”

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Undernutrition and its associated factors among pregnant mothers in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia

Dadi

Desyibelew

2019

PLoS ONE

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Background Regardless of significant gains and signs of progress in the last decades, maternal undernutrition remains a major public health concern in Ethiopia. Supporting the progress of interventions being taken in the country with evidence might be important to keep the sustainability of the government effort. We aimed at determining the extent of undernutrition and its associated factors among pregnant mothers in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia. Method A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted by including 940 selected pregnant mothers through a cluster sampling. A face-to-face interview was administered to pregnant mothers at a household level. We collected data using an Online Data collection kit (ODK) and the collected data was directly downloaded from the Google Cloud platform and finally imported to Stata 14 for further analysis. A multivariable logistic regression model was fitted to identify factors associated with undernutrition. A crude and adjusted odds ratio with their 95% confidence interval was calculated to declare the association and its significance. Model fitness was assured through the Hosmer and Lemeshow goodness of fit test and model classification accuracy. Result 14.4% (95%CI: 12.3–16.7) of pregnant mothers were undernourished. After adjusting for the main covariates; as the age of the pregnant mothers increases the odds of being undernourished decreases by 10% (AOR: 0.90; 95%CI: 0.87–0.95) and having a poor marital condition (AOR: 2.18; 95%CI: 1.03–4.59) increased the odds of undernutrition. The risk of undernutrition was also decreased by 43% among those pregnant mothers who consumed coffee sometimes (AOR: 0.57; 95%CI: 0.36–0.89) as compared to daily consumers. Conclusion A significant proportion of pregnant mother were undernourished. Integration of nutritional interventions with maternity health services would be highly important to improve the nutritional status of the mothers. It is also important to counsel pregnant mothers about a consequence of frequent coffee drinking during their pregnancy.

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“…Orphan children may experience a reduction in health, nutrition, and psychological well-being [7]. They are vulnerable and neglected group [6,[8][9][10][11][12], in the society and are more prone to malnutrition [13]. Chronic undernutrition during childhood results slower cognitive development and serious health impairment in later phase of life [14].…”

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“…Chronic undernutrition during childhood results slower cognitive development and serious health impairment in later phase of life [14]. Whereas inadequate dietary intake is the direct cause of malnutrition and indirectly household food security, maternal and child care, health services and environment [6,15].…”

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Malnutrition and Associated Factors with Nutritional Status among Orphan Children: An Evidence-Based Study from Nepal

Acharya¹,

Adhikari²,

Moon³

et al. 2020

Int. J. Child Health Nutr.

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Background: Malnutrition is common public health problem among children in low-and middle-income countries. Orphan's children are vulnerable and neglected group in the society and are more prone to malnutrition. The study aims to identify prevalence of underweight, stunting and thinness of children residing in slum area with its associated factors. Method: Quantitative method & analytical cross-sectional research design were used to assess the nutritional status and its associated factors among orphan children in Pokhara, Nepal. The sample size of 160 children were obtained by simple random technique. Semi-structured questionnaire, digital bathroom scale, stadiometer was used as data collection technique. Data management and analysis was done from Epi-info, SPSS 25 version & WHO Anthro plus. Result: Out of 160 children, majority 80% were malnourished & 55.1% were stunted whereas 13.8% were thinness & 6.9% were found to be overweight. Our study revealed a signi cant association between sex, age, ethnicity, duration of stay in children's home and education of caregiver (p <0.05). Conclusion: Malnutrition is highly prevalent in orphan children and need to be addressed. Nutritional status should be monitored regularly for early identi cation & timely intervention of malnutrition to promote the nutrition health status of children.

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Factors associated with nutritional status of women of reproductive age group in rural, Nepal

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Undernutrition and its association with socio-demographic factors among pregnant women attending tertiary health care hospital in northern Maharashtra: a cross sectional study

Undernutrition and its association with socio-demographic factors among pregnant women attending tertiary health care hospital in northern Maharashtra: a cross sectional study

Undernutrition and its associated factors among pregnant mothers in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia

Malnutrition and Associated Factors with Nutritional Status among Orphan Children: An Evidence-Based Study from Nepal

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