Diarrhoeal Diseases Among In-Patient Children under 5 years in Gaafar Ibn Auf Paediatric Hospital

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Amongst the poor and especially in developing countries, diarrhoeais a major killer. In 1998, diarrhoea was estimated to have killed 2.2million people, most of whom were under 5 years of age (5).Design:This is a hospital based study conducted in Gaafar Ibn AufPaediatric Hospital to study diarrhoeal disease and associated factors.Data was collected in the period from 1-10 March 2009.Setting:Gaafar Ibn Auf Paediatric Hospital.Objectives:The objective is to measure the proportion of diarrhoeal diseasesamong children under 5 years in Gaafar Ibn Auf Paediatric Hospital, torelate diarrhoeal diseases to the following factors: socio –economic status, gender and age, infections, and low birth weight and to measure casefatality rate of diarrhoea among children under 5 years.The sample size of the study included all the children under 5years in Ibn Auf Hospital during the period of data collection (10 days ).Material &Methods:The study population included all children under 5 admitted toGaafar Ibn Auf Hospital during the period 1/3-10/3/2009.The sample sizewas 546 patients.Data was collected by using a questionnaire and review of hospitalrecords. Data was analyzed by the computer using (SPSS) and chi squaretest .The Results:The study showed high percentage of diarrhoeal disease amongchildren under 5 years (23.6%).The study showed most affected children from age distribution(0-11)month (53.5%) and age distribution (12-23) month (24%).This finding is statistically significant (PV=0.005).Male children were more affected (60.5%) than females (39.5%).The study showed no relationship between educational level of mothersand diarrhoeal cases. This finding is statistically significant (PV=0.007)The study showed (60.5%) of affected children drank tap water .The finding is statistically significant (PV=0.001).Results showed relationship between birth weight of children anddiarrhoeal cases. The finding is statistically significant (PV=0.000).The case fatality rate of diarrhoeal disease was relatively low (1.6%).Recommendations:The study recommended to raise the educational level of mothers,promotion of community health educational programmes and earlydiagnosis and treatment .

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06042359-ef88-4f37-a137-11c64ecb02d7

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Crawler

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الرسائل العلمية

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Diarrhoeal Diseases Among In-Patient Children under 5 years in Gaafar Ibn Auf Paediatric Hospital

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الإشراف

كامل مرغني

الإعداد

مامون السعيد

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