Prevalence and associated factors of pneumonia among under-fives with acute respiratory symptoms: a cross sectional study at a Teaching Hospital in Bushenyi District, Western Uganda

OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the prevalence and associated factors of pneumonia among children under-five years presenting with acute respiratory symptoms. METHODOLOGY: This was a cross sectional study at the Pediatric Department of Kampala International University – Teaching Hospital, from the m...

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Autores principales: Kiconco, Gloria, Turyasiima, Munanura, Ndamira, Andrew, Yamile, Ortiz Arias, Egesa, Walufu Ivan, Ndiwimana, Martin, Maren, Melvis Bernis
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Publicado: Makerere Medical School 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8889805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35283986
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v21i4.25
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author Kiconco, Gloria
Turyasiima, Munanura
Ndamira, Andrew
Yamile, Ortiz Arias
Egesa, Walufu Ivan
Ndiwimana, Martin
Maren, Melvis Bernis
author_facet Kiconco, Gloria
Turyasiima, Munanura
Ndamira, Andrew
Yamile, Ortiz Arias
Egesa, Walufu Ivan
Ndiwimana, Martin
Maren, Melvis Bernis
author_sort Kiconco, Gloria
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description OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the prevalence and associated factors of pneumonia among children under-five years presenting with acute respiratory symptoms. METHODOLOGY: This was a cross sectional study at the Pediatric Department of Kampala International University – Teaching Hospital, from the month of April to August 2019. The study included 336 children aged 2 to 59 months presenting with acute respiratory symptoms to the pediatric clinic. Pneumonia diagnosis was made according to the World Health Organization definition, modified by a chest radiograph. Structured questionnaires were used to collect data on socio-demographic, environmental and nutrition factors and multivariate logistic regression analysis using STATA version 13.0 was done to assess for the factors independently associated with pneumonia. RESULTS: Of the 336 children with acute respiratory symptoms, eighty-six, 86 (25.6%) had pneumonia. Factors significantly associated with pneumonia included: age below 6 months (OR=3.2, 95%CI=1.17–8.51, p=0.023), rural residence (OR=5.7, 95%CI=2.97–11.05, p <0.001), not up-to-date for age immunization status (OR=2.9, 95%CI=1.05–7.98, p=0.039), severe acute malnutrition (OR=10.8, 95%CI=2.01–58.41, p=0.006), lack of exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months (OR=2.9, 95%CI=1.53–5.53, p=0.001) and exposure to cigarette smoke (OR=3.0, 95%CI=1.35–6.80, p=0.007). CONCLUSION: The prevalence of pneumonia in children under-five years was high. Most of the factors associated with pneumonia are modifiable; addressing these factors could reduce this prevalence.
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spelling pubmed-88898052022-03-10 Prevalence and associated factors of pneumonia among under-fives with acute respiratory symptoms: a cross sectional study at a Teaching Hospital in Bushenyi District, Western Uganda Kiconco, Gloria Turyasiima, Munanura Ndamira, Andrew Yamile, Ortiz Arias Egesa, Walufu Ivan Ndiwimana, Martin Maren, Melvis Bernis Afr Health Sci Articles OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the prevalence and associated factors of pneumonia among children under-five years presenting with acute respiratory symptoms. METHODOLOGY: This was a cross sectional study at the Pediatric Department of Kampala International University – Teaching Hospital, from the month of April to August 2019. The study included 336 children aged 2 to 59 months presenting with acute respiratory symptoms to the pediatric clinic. Pneumonia diagnosis was made according to the World Health Organization definition, modified by a chest radiograph. Structured questionnaires were used to collect data on socio-demographic, environmental and nutrition factors and multivariate logistic regression analysis using STATA version 13.0 was done to assess for the factors independently associated with pneumonia. RESULTS: Of the 336 children with acute respiratory symptoms, eighty-six, 86 (25.6%) had pneumonia. Factors significantly associated with pneumonia included: age below 6 months (OR=3.2, 95%CI=1.17–8.51, p=0.023), rural residence (OR=5.7, 95%CI=2.97–11.05, p <0.001), not up-to-date for age immunization status (OR=2.9, 95%CI=1.05–7.98, p=0.039), severe acute malnutrition (OR=10.8, 95%CI=2.01–58.41, p=0.006), lack of exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months (OR=2.9, 95%CI=1.53–5.53, p=0.001) and exposure to cigarette smoke (OR=3.0, 95%CI=1.35–6.80, p=0.007). CONCLUSION: The prevalence of pneumonia in children under-five years was high. Most of the factors associated with pneumonia are modifiable; addressing these factors could reduce this prevalence. Makerere Medical School 2021-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8889805/ /pubmed/35283986 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v21i4.25 Text en © 2021 Kiconco G et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee African Health Sciences. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kiconco, Gloria
Turyasiima, Munanura
Ndamira, Andrew
Yamile, Ortiz Arias
Egesa, Walufu Ivan
Ndiwimana, Martin
Maren, Melvis Bernis
Prevalence and associated factors of pneumonia among under-fives with acute respiratory symptoms: a cross sectional study at a Teaching Hospital in Bushenyi District, Western Uganda
title Prevalence and associated factors of pneumonia among under-fives with acute respiratory symptoms: a cross sectional study at a Teaching Hospital in Bushenyi District, Western Uganda
title_full Prevalence and associated factors of pneumonia among under-fives with acute respiratory symptoms: a cross sectional study at a Teaching Hospital in Bushenyi District, Western Uganda
title_fullStr Prevalence and associated factors of pneumonia among under-fives with acute respiratory symptoms: a cross sectional study at a Teaching Hospital in Bushenyi District, Western Uganda
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence and associated factors of pneumonia among under-fives with acute respiratory symptoms: a cross sectional study at a Teaching Hospital in Bushenyi District, Western Uganda
title_short Prevalence and associated factors of pneumonia among under-fives with acute respiratory symptoms: a cross sectional study at a Teaching Hospital in Bushenyi District, Western Uganda
title_sort prevalence and associated factors of pneumonia among under-fives with acute respiratory symptoms: a cross sectional study at a teaching hospital in bushenyi district, western uganda
topic Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8889805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35283986
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v21i4.25
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