Food Security and Malnutrition among Children with Selected Chronic Illness on Follow up at St. Paul’s Hospital, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Abebe Haile (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Abenezer Admasu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-12-06T05:14:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-12-06T05:14:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Children living with chronic disease are at risk for food insecurity but evidence about food insecurity status and its predictors is scarce in this group of population, particularly developing countries like Ethiopia. As a result, the objective of this study was to assess the food security of malnutrition among children with chronic disease on follow up at St. Paul Hospital Millenium Medical College. A Cross-sectional study was conducted from Jan 1 to June 1, 2024 G.C. Data were collected when the patients came for follow up from both the patient/ care taker and chart. Anthropometric data at the time of diagnosis and on follow up were taken from the chart and current anthropometries were measured as per the standard protocol. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS 27 and it was subjected to both descriptive and inferential statistics. Accordingly, 332 out of the 414 children with chronic diseases (80.2%) suffer from food insecurity in their respective household. But 319 (77.1%) of them were mild. Only 13 (3.1%) of them suffer from moderate food insecurity. Children with chronic disease who were severely stunted, severely underweight, and severely wasted accounted for 143 (34.5%), 95 (22.9%), and 45 (10.9%) of the participants, respectively. Overall, any kind of stunting, underweight, and wasting was found in 44.9%, 39.8%, and 18.4% of the cases, correspondingly. Though there was no variable significantly associated with food insecurity and malnutrition was higher in children with diabetes (86.5%) and RVI (81.5%). The levels of food insecurity, stunting, underweight, and wasting were higher in children with chronic diseases than the general child population. Therefore, health professionals should be trained to identify food insecurity and malnourishment in under-five children with chronic illnesses and should advise caretakers on nutrition. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/3806 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.subject | Malnutrition | |
| dc.subject | Chronic disease | |
| dc.subject | Linear growth | |
| dc.subject | Children | |
| dc.title | Food Security and Malnutrition among Children with Selected Chronic Illness on Follow up at St. Paul’s Hospital, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. | |
| dc.type | Thesis |