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Malnutrition among hospitalized children 12–59 months of age in Abyan and Lahj Governorates / Yemen
BACKGROUND: The analysis of acute malnutrition in 2018 for the Integrated Phase Classification of Food Security in Yemen shows that high malnutrition rates are present in Abyan governorate (23%) and Lahj governorate (21%). This analysis was community based addressed all children and mostly due to pr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9373284/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35962407 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40795-022-00574-z |
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author | Al-Waleedi, Ali Ahmed Bin-Ghouth, Abdulla Salem |
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description | BACKGROUND: The analysis of acute malnutrition in 2018 for the Integrated Phase Classification of Food Security in Yemen shows that high malnutrition rates are present in Abyan governorate (23%) and Lahj governorate (21%). This analysis was community based addressed all children and mostly due to problems related to food intake. The role of diseases was not yet addressed in Yemen. The aim of this study is to assess acute and chronic malnutrition among hospitalized children at 12–59 months of age in Lahj and Abyan governorates in Yemen. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional, multi-center study is designed. The assessment of the nutritional status was measured by standardized anthropometry of 951 sick children at 12–59 months of age. RESULTS: The prevalence of Global acute malnutrition (GAM) among the sick children seeking care in health facilities in Lahj and Abyan is 21%. More specifically; the prevalence of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) is 15.1% while the prevalence of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is 6.2%. The prevalence of acute malnutrition (wasting) among the studied sick children in lahj is 23.4% while in Abyan is 19.3%. The prevalence of MAM in Lahj is 17.7% and the prevalence of SAM is 5.7%. The prevalence of acute malnutrition (wasting) in Abyan is 12.6% while the prevalence of SAM in Abyan is 6.7%. The prevalence of acute malnutrition among male children (25.2%) is significantly higher than among female children (17.5%). The prevalence of the chronic malnutrition (Stunting) in the studied sick children is 41.3%; the prevalence of stunting in Lahj is 41% while in Abyan is 41.7%. CONCLUSIONS: High acute and chronic malnutrition rates were identified among sick children seeking care in health facilities in lahj and Abyan, and higher than the SPHERE indicators of malnutrition. Boys are more exposed than girls to acute and chronic malnutrition. |
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spelling | pubmed-93732842022-08-13 Malnutrition among hospitalized children 12–59 months of age in Abyan and Lahj Governorates / Yemen Al-Waleedi, Ali Ahmed Bin-Ghouth, Abdulla Salem BMC Nutr Research BACKGROUND: The analysis of acute malnutrition in 2018 for the Integrated Phase Classification of Food Security in Yemen shows that high malnutrition rates are present in Abyan governorate (23%) and Lahj governorate (21%). This analysis was community based addressed all children and mostly due to problems related to food intake. The role of diseases was not yet addressed in Yemen. The aim of this study is to assess acute and chronic malnutrition among hospitalized children at 12–59 months of age in Lahj and Abyan governorates in Yemen. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional, multi-center study is designed. The assessment of the nutritional status was measured by standardized anthropometry of 951 sick children at 12–59 months of age. RESULTS: The prevalence of Global acute malnutrition (GAM) among the sick children seeking care in health facilities in Lahj and Abyan is 21%. More specifically; the prevalence of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) is 15.1% while the prevalence of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is 6.2%. The prevalence of acute malnutrition (wasting) among the studied sick children in lahj is 23.4% while in Abyan is 19.3%. The prevalence of MAM in Lahj is 17.7% and the prevalence of SAM is 5.7%. The prevalence of acute malnutrition (wasting) in Abyan is 12.6% while the prevalence of SAM in Abyan is 6.7%. The prevalence of acute malnutrition among male children (25.2%) is significantly higher than among female children (17.5%). The prevalence of the chronic malnutrition (Stunting) in the studied sick children is 41.3%; the prevalence of stunting in Lahj is 41% while in Abyan is 41.7%. CONCLUSIONS: High acute and chronic malnutrition rates were identified among sick children seeking care in health facilities in lahj and Abyan, and higher than the SPHERE indicators of malnutrition. Boys are more exposed than girls to acute and chronic malnutrition. BioMed Central 2022-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9373284/ /pubmed/35962407 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40795-022-00574-z Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Al-Waleedi, Ali Ahmed Bin-Ghouth, Abdulla Salem Malnutrition among hospitalized children 12–59 months of age in Abyan and Lahj Governorates / Yemen |
title | Malnutrition among hospitalized children 12–59 months of age in Abyan and Lahj Governorates / Yemen |
title_full | Malnutrition among hospitalized children 12–59 months of age in Abyan and Lahj Governorates / Yemen |
title_fullStr | Malnutrition among hospitalized children 12–59 months of age in Abyan and Lahj Governorates / Yemen |
title_full_unstemmed | Malnutrition among hospitalized children 12–59 months of age in Abyan and Lahj Governorates / Yemen |
title_short | Malnutrition among hospitalized children 12–59 months of age in Abyan and Lahj Governorates / Yemen |
title_sort | malnutrition among hospitalized children 12–59 months of age in abyan and lahj governorates / yemen |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9373284/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35962407 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40795-022-00574-z |
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