Prevalence of acute respiratory infection among under-five children in urban and rural areas of puducherry, India

Kumar, Sunil; Majumdar, Anindo; Kumar, V Dinesh; Naik, Bijay Nanda; Selvaraj, Kalaiselvi; Balajee, Karthik Laksham

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“…Male patients seem to have greater susceptibility to ARI as compared to female patients which is also seen in our study and in studies conducted by Vinod et al, Goel, Kumar and Chhabra et al 7,9,11,12 On the contrary, Acharya et al in her study revealed similar prevelance of ARI among both the sexes. 13 According to Mother's education of ARI Children, 53.48% of ARI cases was observed in illiterate mothers but no association in respect to ARI and literacy status of mother was found (p≥0.05).…”

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Prevalence of acute respiratory infections among children under five years of age attending rural health training centre of Era’s Lucknow Medical College and Hospital

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Srivastava

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Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Every year ARI in young children is responsible for an estimated 3.9 million deaths worldwide. About 90 percent deaths are due to Pneumonia which is usually bacterial in origin. By low-cost interventions such as hand washing, breast feeding, accessibility of rapid and attainable methods of early diagnosis of ARI, can help to reduce its burden. Improving the primary medical care services and developing better methods for early detection, treatment and where possible, prevention of acute respiratory infection is the best strategy to control ARI. The aim of the study was to estimate prevalence of ARI among children under-5 years of age attending Rural Health Training Centre of Era’s Lucknow Medical College and Hospital.Methods: The present study was carried out from Nov.2015 to April 2016 covering 305 children below 5 years from RHTC of Era’s Lucknow Medical College and Hospital. Children with acute respiratory infection (ARI) having symptoms like cough, running nose, sore throat, nasal congestion or breathing difficulty were included in the study.Results: Out of 305 children under 5 years, 43 (14%) were diagnosed with ARI. The overall prevalence of ARI was 14% with 95%CI (10.20-18.0). According to social class, prevalence of ARI was higher in low socioeconomic class 42.96%.Statistically no significance between social class and prevalence of ARI was seen with Chi sq test: 0.879, t= 0.928.Overcrowding were present in 33% of cases with 95% CI (17.2-48.80). Inadequate ventilation 48% with 95% CI (31.21-64.79), and uses of smoky chullah 49% with 95% CI (31.21-64.79). Prevalence of ARI was more prevalent in children with malnutrition 52.9%. Statistically high association was seen between ARI status and nutritional status, with Chi squre test:18.3, t≤0.001.Conclusions: The study concludes that malnutrition, low socioeconomic status, poor nutritional status, maternal illiteracy, overcrowding, and inadequate ventilation were the major social and demographic risk factors responsible for ARI in under five children. Minimizing these risk factors and by cost effective interventions one can significantly reduce the prevalence of ARI in the rural community.

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Prevalence of acute respiratory infections among children under five years of age attending rural health training centre of Era’s Lucknow Medical College and Hospital

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“…In a study carried out by Kumar et al, 52.7% had cold/running nose, 45.4% had cough, 3.3% of had sore throat, 1.2% had ear discharge, 2% had symptoms associated with fever and fast breathing, 47.5% had symptoms associated with fever. 16 In a study done by Fekadu et al, 20.6% had cough, 15.7% had fast breathing, 7.7% had fever, 8.4% had wheezing, 2.1% had chest in drawing and 1.7% had stridor. 24 In a study carried out by Majumdar et al, 85.7% had cough, 100% had runny nose, 1.8% had ear discharge and none had sore throat.…”

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“…In a study conducted by Kumar SG et al, the prevalence of acute respiratory infection among under-five children in urban and rural areas of Puducherry, was found to be 53.7% in rural area. 16 In another study conducted by Choube et al, Potential risk factors contributing to acute respiratory infections in under five age group children in Moradabad, the prevalence was 27.69%. 20 In a study done by Kapil et al, on prevalence of acute respiratory infections (ARI) in under-five children of Meerut district, it was 67.1%.…”

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Acute respiratory infections among under five children in a rural area of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu, India: a cross-sectional study

Savitha

Gopalakrishnan

Umadevi

2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Acute respiratory infection (ARI) is an infection of the respiratory tract that may interfere with normal breathing. ARI is one of the leading causes of illness and death among children worldwide. The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of ARI among under 5 children in the rural field practice area of a medical college in Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu. Methods: This study is a community based cross-sectional study. The study population was children below five years of age and informant was the mother of the child. The sample size is 380 and simple random sampling method was used. Data was analyzed using the SPSS software, version 16, and presented as descriptive statistics. Results: The prevalence of ARI among children was 41.6%. Regarding the symptoms of ARI, 36.6% of them had either cold or runny nose, 27.9% had cough, 23.4% had stridor, 20.8% had reduced intake of food, 2.6% had either ear pain or discharge, 2.6% had rapid breathing.1.3% had wheeze, 0.8% were tired/drowsy, 0.5% had throat pain, 0.5% had convulsions and 17.1% of them had symptoms with fever. Conclusions: This study shows the prevalence of ARI among children below 5 years of age is 41.6% which is relatively high. The symptoms of ARI reflect the non severe form of pneumonia. More hospital based studies should be done in order to know the burden of severe form of pneumonia which contributes to the morbidity and mortality of children below five years of age.

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“…Actualmente, son consideradas uno de los principales eventos en salud pública, por el alto porcentaje de consultas y hospitalizaciones que genera en los menores de 5 años, así como las altas cifras de morbilidad y mortalidad que produce a nivel mundial. En países subdesarrollados estas infecciones junto con las enfermedades diarreicas agudas y la malnutrición representan las principales causas de muerte en niños [1][2][3] .…”

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Edad y nivel educativo asociados al conocimiento sobre signos de alarma para infecciones respiratorias en madres adolescentes

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Introducción: La identificación de señales de alarma durante la Infección Respiratoria Aguda (IRA), es fundamental para disminuir el impacto de la enfermedad y la mortalidad asociada. El objetivo del estudio fue estimar la relación entre la edad y el nivel educativo al conocimiento sobre signos de alarma de IRA, en madres adolescentes. Materiales y Métodos: Estudio transversal, con una muestra aleatoria de 120 madres adolescentes adscritas a una fundación privada de la ciudad de Cartagena, a quienes se aplicó el cuestionario de Prácticas Claves sobre IRA propuesto por la Organización Panamericana de la Salud. Resultados: El promedio de edad de las participantes fue 17 ± 1.3 años. Se encontró que ser mayor de 17 años aumenta la probabilidad de reconocer por lo menos tres signos alarma [OR: 2.8 (IC 95%: 1.3 - 6.1)]. Asimismo, las adolescentes con un mayor nivel de escolaridad tienen más probabilidad de reconocer tres signos de alarma para la enfermedad [OR: 3.2 (IC 95%: 1.5 - 6.9)], que aquellas con menor nivel educativo. Discusión y Conclusiones: Determinantes personales como una mayor edad y escolaridad impactan de forma positiva en los conocimientos de las madres sobre los signos de alarma de IRA. Es importante el fortalecimiento de los programas de educación en salud para el cuidado de los niños entre esta población.Cómo citar este artículo: Domínguez R, Tapia E, Hernández J, Castillo IY. Edad y nivel educativo asociados al conocimiento sobre signos de alarma para infecciones respiratorias en madres adolescentes. Rev Cuid. 2017; 8(2): 1628-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.v8i2.395

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Prevalence of acute respiratory infection among under-five children in urban and rural areas of puducherry, India

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Prevalence of acute respiratory infections among children under five years of age attending rural health training centre of Era’s Lucknow Medical College and Hospital

Prevalence of acute respiratory infections among children under five years of age attending rural health training centre of Era’s Lucknow Medical College and Hospital

Acute respiratory infections among under five children in a rural area of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu, India: a cross-sectional study

Edad y nivel educativo asociados al conocimiento sobre signos de alarma para infecciones respiratorias en madres adolescentes

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