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ANALYSIS OF DIARRHEA EPISODES IN CHILDREN REPORTED AT A PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTER IN ABHA CITY IN THE YEAR 2002

OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence, characteristics and the different factors associated with diarrhea events reported at the Primary Health Care (PHC) level in children under five years of age. MATERIAL AND METHODS: All reported cases of diarrhea in children under 5 in the primary health care (P...

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Autores principales: Alshehri, Mohammed, Abdelmoneim, Ismail, Gilban, Hussah M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3410103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23012044
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description OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence, characteristics and the different factors associated with diarrhea events reported at the Primary Health Care (PHC) level in children under five years of age. MATERIAL AND METHODS: All reported cases of diarrhea in children under 5 in the primary health care (PHC) center of Wasat Abha, Abha city during the year 2002. The medical records of patients were reviewed for name, sex, date, duration of diarrhea and character of stool, type of feeding, degree of dehydration, the treatment received and the outcome. RESULTS: The overall incidence /child/year 2002 was 1.2 episodes. The total number of diarrhea episodes in that age group was 573 cases giving an incidence rate of 9.9% for the year 2002. Two thirds of the episodes of diarrhea (64.6%) occurred in females, and 60.9% of the episodes affected 7-12-month olds. The majority of diarrhea episodes (89.4%) lasted less than 7 days and only 3.7% of cases were moderately dehydrated. Ninety four percent of the cases improved and only 1.7 % were admitted to the hospital. CONCLUSION: The incidence of diarrhea episodes in the under fives in the year 2002 was lower than the national rate reported in 1993. Female children had about twice the incidence of diarrhea in male children and the highest incidence was observed in the 7-12-month olds. The majority of cases were acute. It is recommended that studies on the incidence of diarrhea in all PHC centers be done in order to monitor the progress of diarrhea in children and implement suitable preventive measures.
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spelling pubmed-34101032012-09-24 ANALYSIS OF DIARRHEA EPISODES IN CHILDREN REPORTED AT A PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTER IN ABHA CITY IN THE YEAR 2002 Alshehri, Mohammed Abdelmoneim, Ismail Gilban, Hussah M J Family Community Med Original Article OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence, characteristics and the different factors associated with diarrhea events reported at the Primary Health Care (PHC) level in children under five years of age. MATERIAL AND METHODS: All reported cases of diarrhea in children under 5 in the primary health care (PHC) center of Wasat Abha, Abha city during the year 2002. The medical records of patients were reviewed for name, sex, date, duration of diarrhea and character of stool, type of feeding, degree of dehydration, the treatment received and the outcome. RESULTS: The overall incidence /child/year 2002 was 1.2 episodes. The total number of diarrhea episodes in that age group was 573 cases giving an incidence rate of 9.9% for the year 2002. Two thirds of the episodes of diarrhea (64.6%) occurred in females, and 60.9% of the episodes affected 7-12-month olds. The majority of diarrhea episodes (89.4%) lasted less than 7 days and only 3.7% of cases were moderately dehydrated. Ninety four percent of the cases improved and only 1.7 % were admitted to the hospital. CONCLUSION: The incidence of diarrhea episodes in the under fives in the year 2002 was lower than the national rate reported in 1993. Female children had about twice the incidence of diarrhea in male children and the highest incidence was observed in the 7-12-month olds. The majority of cases were acute. It is recommended that studies on the incidence of diarrhea in all PHC centers be done in order to monitor the progress of diarrhea in children and implement suitable preventive measures. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2004 /pmc/articles/PMC3410103/ /pubmed/23012044 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family and Community Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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ANALYSIS OF DIARRHEA EPISODES IN CHILDREN REPORTED AT A PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTER IN ABHA CITY IN THE YEAR 2002
title ANALYSIS OF DIARRHEA EPISODES IN CHILDREN REPORTED AT A PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTER IN ABHA CITY IN THE YEAR 2002
title_full ANALYSIS OF DIARRHEA EPISODES IN CHILDREN REPORTED AT A PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTER IN ABHA CITY IN THE YEAR 2002
title_fullStr ANALYSIS OF DIARRHEA EPISODES IN CHILDREN REPORTED AT A PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTER IN ABHA CITY IN THE YEAR 2002
title_full_unstemmed ANALYSIS OF DIARRHEA EPISODES IN CHILDREN REPORTED AT A PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTER IN ABHA CITY IN THE YEAR 2002
title_short ANALYSIS OF DIARRHEA EPISODES IN CHILDREN REPORTED AT A PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTER IN ABHA CITY IN THE YEAR 2002
title_sort analysis of diarrhea episodes in children reported at a primary health care center in abha city in the year 2002
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3410103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23012044
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