Prevalence and associated risk factors with malnutrition among under-five Nepalese children of Borbote village, Ilam

Niraula, Surya Raj; Barnwal, SP; Paudel, Sabita; Mishra, SK; Dahal, Sushma; Das, Sunanda; Pradhan, Swetalina; Ghimire, Sita; Khanal, Subrat; Sharma, Sumit; Rajput, Swati; Bhattarai, Shristi; Jha, Nilambar

doi:10.3126/hren.v11i2.8217

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“…The findings of the current study showed that there was significant associa on of nutri onal status with mother's age and ANC visit during pregnancy which is supported by 6,11,12 other studies conducted in Nepal.…”

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Nutritional Status and its Associated Factors among Under Five Children in BhimtarofSindhupalchowk District Nepal

Gautam

Acharya

2020

Birat J. Health Sci.

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Introduction: The nutritional status of an individual is often the result of many inter-related factors. It is a major public health problem in most of the developing countries and occurs prominently among under-five children. Nepal is also the one of the developing country where the prevalence of malnutrition is high. Objective: This study aimedtoassess the nutritional status and its associated factors among under-five children. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Bhimtar Village Development Committee of Sindhupalchowk.Study conducted in Jan 27 2017 to Feb 8 2017 with the sample 115, self-constructed semi-structured interview schedule was used for data collection and nutritional status was assessed using anthropometric measurements. Descriptive (Frequency, Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation) and inferential statistic (chi-square test) were used for data analysis. Results: Among total children 47% were stunted, 30.4% were underweight and 11.3% were wasted. Age of child, frequency of antenatal visit and age of mother at child birth had significant association with nutritional status of children. Conclusion: The study concludes that significant proportion of under-five children in Sindhupalchowk district were malnourished with stunting and wasting being pre-dominant form of malnutrition. Occurrence of malnutrition was slightly higher among male compared to female children. Child’s age, mother’s age during childbirth and completion of atleast four antenatal visits during pregnancy were found to be significantly associated with child’s nutritional status.

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confidence: 84%

Nutritional Status and its Associated Factors among Under Five Children in BhimtarofSindhupalchowk District Nepal

Gautam

Acharya

2020

Birat J. Health Sci.

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“…The prevalence of underweight, wasting and stunting among children of 6 to 59 months were (16.4%), (11.3%) and (7.6%) which was found consistent with the study conducted by Niraula, Barnwal (2013). 8 About (17.6 %) of the children were found below < 2 S.D which was found almost consistent with the study done by Bhandari & Chhetri (2013) . 9 Regarding the association between different variables with underweight , there found no significant difference between age of mother, types of family and occupation of mother with underweight as p value were( 0.481), (0.506) and (0.075) respectively but significant association was found between education status of the mother with underweight, as the p value was <0.05.…”

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Factors influencing malnutrition among the children of under 5 years

Bajracharya

Subedi

2017

J Chitwan Med Coll

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Objectives: Childhood is the time of active growth in terms of physical size, mental, emotional and psychological development. Nutritional status is the proxy indicator for assessing the health status of the entire population and one of the major predictors of child survival. Despite the various efforts, malnutrition among children is remaining as one of the major public health problems in Nepal. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the factors influencing malnutrition among the mother of the children aged 6 to 59 months. Method: A descriptive exploratory study using non-probability purposive sampling method was conducted with 79 paired of mother with children, residing in Itahari ward number 2. Data were collected by interview technique using semi-structured questionnaires and analysis was done by using SPSS version 20 using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The mean age of the child was 32 months and standard deviation was 17.05. The prevalence of underweight, wasting and stunting was found to be 16.4%, 11.3 % and 7.6% respectively. Likewise, 17.06 % of the children were found below < -2 S.D on the basis of BMI per age of the children. Furthermore, it was found that there was significant association between educational status of mother with the malnutrition (underweight) as p-value was <0.05. Conclusion: Malnutrition is the major health problem in under 5 children. The prevalence of malnutrition can be decreased by improving the caretaker’s educational level through different awareness programmes based on the factors responsible for that.

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“…In the study by Yadav et al (2016), it found that statistically highly significant (p=0.0001) number of children were underweight in lower socioeconomic status (52.5 and 55.4% respectively in class IV and V). Similar findings were reported worldwide as Socioeconomic status was found to be significantly associated with SAM, a finding consistent with those of case-control studies from India, Pakistan, Iran, Vietnam and Ethiopia (Mishra et al, 2014) (Jamro et al, 2012) (Nandy et al, 2005) (Ruwali, 2011) (Niraula et al, 2013). This could be explained by the fact that children from families of low socioeconomic status have limited access to food, health services, hygiene and sanitation.…”

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Assessment of Anthropometric Measurement of Under 5 Ages of Children in Tribal Area and Its Correlation With Socio-Demographic Factors

Puri¹,

Tathe²,

Bathe³

2020

Indian Journal of Scientific Research

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Malnutrition is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children under the age of 5 years in low and middle income countries like India. Children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) are more likely to die than children without malnutrition. The anthropometric measurements of under 5 children have not been clearly assessed in Indian scenario. The objectives of study were to assess the anthropometric measurement, proportion of malnutrition among children aged 0-60 months and its correlation with socio-demographic factors with special reference to tribal population, in the Gondia district in Maharashtra. This study was a hospital-based observational study, conducted in GMC, Gondia. The WHO growth standards were used to calculate conventional indices of malnutrition (underweight, stunting and wasting) and composite index of anthropometric failure (CIAF). Univariate, bivariate and multiple logistic regression analysis was also used to find out the correlates of malnutrition. The participants were universal sample of 72 children (9 tribal and 63 non-tribals) was included in this study selected from immunization OPD of tertiary care centre over the period of 2 months. Overall, the proportion of malnourished children (MAM) under the age of 5 years was 73.6% and SAM was 52.8%. The current study states that the proportion of underweight, stunting and wasting was 54.17%, 36.11% and 45.8% respectively. The factors as occupation of father, birth weight and weight gain during pregnancy were significantly associated with malnourished children. On multivariate regression, only birth weight was confirmed as statistically significant factor (P=0.001). When tribal and nontribal children are compared, factors as age of mother at first delivery, education, income and Socioeconomic status were found to be statistically significantly related to tribal population. Hence, it can be said that major cause for malnutrition in children was lower income group and early age of mother at first delivery due to cultural practices. A multi-sector approach is essential to address malnutrition in this part. There is a need for further studies not only focusing on anthropometry but also large scale multicentric studies for proper availability of data.

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Prevalence and associated risk factors with malnutrition among under-five Nepalese children of Borbote village, Ilam

Cited by 8 publications

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Nutritional Status and its Associated Factors among Under Five Children in BhimtarofSindhupalchowk District Nepal

Nutritional Status and its Associated Factors among Under Five Children in BhimtarofSindhupalchowk District Nepal

Factors influencing malnutrition among the children of under 5 years

Assessment of Anthropometric Measurement of Under 5 Ages of Children in Tribal Area and Its Correlation With Socio-Demographic Factors

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