Role of Zinc in childhood diarrhea management: a case of Nepal

Alam, Kadir; Poudel, Arjun; Palaian, Subish; Koirala, Bhawesh; Shankar, Pathiyil Ravi

doi:10.5530/jppcm.2017.1.8

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“…The results of bivariate analysis of the relationship between zinc supplementation and the incidence of recurrent diarrhea in infants using contingency coefficient analysis is show in Diarrhea increased zin excretion from body through feces. This condition leads to the level of zinc in the tissue lower (12). Zinc is one of the important micronutrients in the body.…”

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Zinc Supplementation and Recurrent Diarrhea in Children in Primary Health Care

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2020

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<div class="WordSection1">ABSTRACT The high rate of infant morbidity and mortality due to diarrhea is still a focus on children's health. In addition to Oral Rehydration Salt (ORS), zinc is a supplement needed to treat diarrhea. As long as the child has diarrhea, the body will lose zinc, so that additional zinc is needed to accelerate the healing process of diarrhea. Zinc is an important micronutrient in the growth of children and is able to prevent diarrhea 2-3 months after diarrhea. The previous study showed that most mothers do not give zinc to diarrhea children (59.3 %), thus there are still many recurrent diarrhea in children. Objective of study to determine the relationship between zinc supplementation in children with diarrhea and the incidence of recurrent diarrhea at Kasihan Primary Health Care, Bantul. We used descriptive correlational with a retrospective approach. The number of respondents was 47 children under five years (0-59 months) with diarrhea who were taken to primary health care and received zinc therapy. The sampling technique was carried out by purposive sampling. Data collection was performed by filling out the questionnaire by visiting the respondent's house (home visit). The result of the contingency coefficient showed p= 0.013 (p < 0.05) which means that there was a statistically significant relationship between zinc supplementation and the incidence of recurrent diarrhea. The closeness of the relationship between the two variables was indicated by the correlation coefficient value of 0.342 which was in a moderate relationship. There is a correlation between giving zinc supplementation to children with recurrent diarrhea in Primary Health Care </div>

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Zinc Supplementation and Recurrent Diarrhea in Children in Primary Health Care

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2020

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“…9 The usage of supplementation of zinc reduce fecal episodes and is useful on acute diarrhea. 10,11 Respiratory infection such as common cold, pneumonia can be reduced. 12 In chronic disease, free radicals are involved in inflammation and oxidative stress due to its antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties.…”

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Depression will be ranked 2nd global disease by 2020 according to WHO. The depression prevalence rate was 7.2% from 1994 to 2014. 21 About 350 million people including children, female and male suffered from depression by 2018. 22 Depression is common mental disorder in Pakistan due to chronic illness and irregularities. In Pakistan, the worsening state of retrieval from chronic illness is due to depression. In general population, depression in female is 10-25% and male is 5-12% and risk is up to 25-33% in chronic patient. 23

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“…The Government of Nepal (GoN) has introduced zinc supplements to manage childhood diarrhoea in 2007 but, it demands regular evaluation and proper monitoring (Ghimire, Agho, Renzaho, Dibley, & Raynes-Greenow, 2018). GoN has listed Zinc tablet of 10 mg, 20 mg (scored tablets) in the national list of essential medicines to use in acute diarrheal cases as an adjunct to ORSs (Alam et al, 2017).…”

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Prevalence and Predictors of Zinc Deficiency among Children and Non-Pregnant Women in Nepal: Analysis of Nepal Micronutrients Status Survey 2016

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Tamang²,

Parajuli³

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Zinc deficiency, a common malnutrition in children and women is a global public health problem.Burden of zinc deficiencyis more in countries with low meat and high cereal food consumption like Nepal. Nationally representative data on zinc status in Nepal is lacking at present. This study analysed the data from the recent Nepal National Micronutrient status survey 2016(NNMSS-2016) to determinethe prevalence of zinc deficiency and associated risk factors among children aged 6-59 months (n=1462) and non-pregnant women aged 15-49 years(n=1923) from three ecological zones, Hill, Terai, and Mountainof the country. Venous blood was collected from the participants to measure micronutrients such as zinc, markers of anaemia, vitamin A, and markers of inflammation. Stool was collected to assessthe soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) and Helicobacterpylori infection. Socio-demographic, household and other relevant information were collected by a structured questionnaire. Logistic regression was used to examine the predictors of zinc deficiency among the participants.The overall zinc deficiency in children was found to be 22.9% while it was higher in non-pregnant women (24.7%). Predictors associated with zinc deficiency among enrolled children in the study were,living in rural areas (AOR=2.25, 95% CI, [1.13, 4.49]),occurrence of diarrhoea during the two weeks preceding the survey (AOR=1.57, 95% CI, [1.07, 2.30]), household wealth quintile (AOR= 0.48, 95% CI,[0.25, 0.92]) and vitamin A status (AOR=0.49, 95% CI,[0.28, 0.85]. Risk factors associated with zinc deficiency among the non-pregnant women were being underweight (AOR=1.60, 95% CI,[1.15, 2.23]), fever occurrence during two weeks preceding the survey (AOR=1.45, 95% CI,[ 1.06, 1.99]), H. pylori in the stool (AOR=1.32, 95% CI, [1.03, 1.70]), being rich (AOR=0.64, 95% CI,[0.42, 0.98]) and being in the risk of folate deficiency (AOR=0.60, 95% CI,[0.37, 0.96]). We conclude that community focused intervention programs including health and nutrition counselling and livelihood opportunities focusing groups at high-risk may improve the zinc status in Nepal.

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Role of Zinc in childhood diarrhea management: a case of Nepal

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Zinc Supplementation and Recurrent Diarrhea in Children in Primary Health Care

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Prevalence and Predictors of Zinc Deficiency among Children and Non-Pregnant Women in Nepal: Analysis of Nepal Micronutrients Status Survey 2016

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