Feeding Pattern, Prevalence of Malnutrition and Associated Determinants amongst Primary School Children in Rural and Urban Communities of Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria.

IF 0.8 Q3 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-07 DOI:10.4103/npmj.npmj_248_23
Taofeek Adedayo Sanni, Kayode Rasak Adewoye, Kabir Adekunle Durowade, Olusegun Elijah Elegbede, Tope Michael Ipinnimo, Oluseyi Adedeji Aderinwale
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Background: Malnutrition is an increasing health problem amongst children, especially in developing countries. This study assessed and compared the feeding pattern, prevalence and determinants of malnutrition amongst primary school children residing in the rural and the urban communities of Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria.

Methods: The study employed a cross-sectional comparative study design and was carried out amongst 983 children attending primary schools in Ekiti State, 495 of them from urban and 488 from rural communities using an interviewer-administered semi-structured questionnaire and the World Health Organization AnthroPlus version 1.0.4 to collect data on the nutritional status and anthropometric indices of the schoolchildren. A multistage sampling technique was used and data collected were analysed using SPSS 23 with the level of statistical significance set at P < 0.05.

Results: A statistically higher proportion of primary school children in the rural communities (24.8%) had a low dietary diversity score than those in the urban communities (8.5%) (P < 0.001). Less than half of the pupils (47.1% in the urban and 48.6% in the rural communities) were malnourished. Lower birth order, respondents from household with poor toilet facility, lower class in school, low education of caregiver, occupation of household head and father as caregiver were factors associated with malnutrition in both urban and rural communities.

Conclusion: The prevalence of malnutrition was high in both urban and rural primary school children though higher in rural settings. Furthermore, dietary diversity score and feeding pattern were worse in rural than urban communities.

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尼日利亚西南部埃基蒂州城乡社区小学生的喂养模式、营养不良患病率及相关决定因素。
背景:营养不良是一个日益严重的儿童健康问题,尤其是在发展中国家。本研究对居住在尼日利亚西南部埃基蒂州农村和城市社区的小学生的喂养模式、营养不良的发生率和决定因素进行了评估和比较:本研究采用横断面比较研究设计,在埃基蒂州 983 名小学生中进行,其中 495 名来自城市社区,488 名来自农村社区。研究采用访谈员发放的半结构化问卷和世界卫生组织 AnthroPlus 1.0.4 版收集小学生营养状况和人体测量指数的数据。研究采用了多阶段抽样技术,并使用 SPSS 23 对收集到的数据进行了分析,统计显著性水平设定为 P <0.05:据统计,农村社区小学生(24.8%)膳食多样性得分较低的比例高于城市社区小学生(8.5%)(P < 0.001)。不到一半的小学生(城市社区为 47.1%,农村社区为 48.6%)营养不良。在城市和农村社区,出生顺序较低、来自厕所设施较差的家庭、学校班级较低、照顾者学历较低、户主的职业和父亲是照顾者都是与营养不良相关的因素:城市和农村小学生营养不良的发生率都很高,但农村的发生率更高。此外,农村社区的膳食多样性得分和喂养模式也比城市社区差。
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