Prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among children under five years of age attending at Guguftu health center, South Wollo, Northeast Ethiopia

Anemia during childhood adversely affects mental, physical and social development of the children. This study is aimed to assess the prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among children less than five years of age in Guguftu, South Wollo, Northeast Ethiopia. A cross-sectional health facili...

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Published in:PloS one 2019-07, Vol.14 (7), p.e0218961-e0218961
Main Authors: Gebreweld, Angesom, Ali, Neima, Ali, Radiya, Fisha, Temesgen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Anemia
Anemia - diagnosis
Anemia - epidemiology
Biology and Life Sciences
Breast feeding
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Confidence intervals
Cross-Sectional Studies
Demographics
Education
Ethiopia - epidemiology
Family
Food
Health care facilities
Health facilities
Hospitals
Humans
Infant
Iron
Medical laboratories
Medicine and Health Sciences
Nutrition
Nutritional Status
Pediatric anemia
Pediatric research
Pediatrics
People and Places
Population
Poverty
Prevalence
Public health
Questionnaires
Random sampling
Risk Assessment - methods
Risk Assessment - statistics & numerical data
Risk Factors
Sampling techniques
Socioeconomic Factors
Statistical analysis
Statistical sampling
Statistics
Surveys and Questionnaires
Underweight
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Summary:Anemia during childhood adversely affects mental, physical and social development of the children. This study is aimed to assess the prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among children less than five years of age in Guguftu, South Wollo, Northeast Ethiopia. A cross-sectional health facility based study was conducted among 404 children aged 6 to 59 months. Systematic random sampling technique was used to include the participants. Pretested and structured questionnaires were used to collect socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the family and child. Data on nutritional status, capillary blood and stool samples were collected from each child. Multivariate logistic regression was used to calculate adjusted odds ratios and the corresponding 95% confidence intervals. The overall prevalence of anemia was 41.1% (95% CI;36.6% - 45.8%). Of the anemic under five children, 112 (67.5%) had mild anemia, 52(31.3%) had moderate anemia, and 2(1.2%) had severe anemia. Children who were in the age group of 6-11(AOR = 4.52; 95% CI: 1.67-12.34) and 12-23 (AOR = 2.79; 95% CI: 1.04-7.51) months, living in an urban (AOR = 1.83; 95% CI: 1.05-3.18), with no formal education mothers (AOR = 7.05; 95% CI: 2.93-17.01) and primary education mothers (AOR = 3.26; 95% CI: 1.29-8.24), with a family monthly income of
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0218961