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Prevalence and factors related to anaemia in children aged 6–59 months attending a quaternary health facility in Maputo, Mozambique.
- Source :
- Global Public Health; Jan2023, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p1-15, 15p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Globally, anaemia prevails as a public health issue, being also a concern in Mozambique, where about two-thirds of children 6–59 months of age are affected by this condition. We carried out this study to estimate anaemia prevalence and evaluate structural determinants and haematological parameters association among children aged 6–59 months attending pediatric inpatient and outpatient services in a Quaternary Health Facility in Maputo City Province, Mozambique. We collected data from 637 inpatients or outpatients who attended pediatric consultations at the Maputo Central Hospital. The overall rate of anaemia in children aged 6–59 months was 62.2% (396/637), with 30.9% moderate anaemia (197/637), 23.9% mild anaemia (152/637), and 7.4% severe anaemia (47/637). Among our study participants, critical factors for anaemia were those concerning the age group, child´s caregiver schooling, malaria and size of the liver. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- STATISTICS
SOCIAL determinants of health
HEMOGLOBINS
CONFIDENCE intervals
CHILDREN'S hospitals
ANTHROPOMETRY
MULTIPLE regression analysis
HEALTH status indicators
ANEMIA
QUESTIONNAIRES
DISEASE prevalence
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
RESEARCH funding
ELECTRONIC health records
SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors
DATA analysis software
ODDS ratio
LOGISTIC regression analysis
OUTPATIENT services in hospitals
CHILDREN
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17441692
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Global Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174160622
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2023.2278876