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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Epidemiology of diarrhoeal diseases in khartoum metropolitan area |
Author: | Elbushra, Hassan Elmhadi |
Year: | 1987 |
Periodical: | Journal of Tropical Pediatrics |
Volume: | 33 |
Issue: | 6 |
Pages: | 315-318 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Sudan |
Subjects: | child health diarrhoea |
External link: | http://tropej.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/33/6/315 |
Abstract: | Two hundred and ninety-eight children under 5 years of age suffering from diarrhoea were seen in eight health centres in Khartoum metropolitan area. Maximum incidence of diarrhoea occurred at the age of 6 months to 3 years. The mean age was 1.73 years. There was no sex difference. The mean duration before reporting to a health centre was 2.89 days. Children were brought to see the doctor after they had passed 8.12 motions. The mean size of a household of these patients was 8.05 persons. Diarrhoea is related to the household size. Sixty-five percent of patients were from poor or very poor families. Their mothers spent 4.4 years at school. Respiratory tract infections, malaria and malnutrition are the commonest illnesses associated with diarrhoea (26.3, 18.7, and 9.8 percent, respectively). Thirty-four percent of cases of diarrhoea were not associated with other illnesses. Eighty-four percent of mothers continued to breast feed their children during diarrhoea. Ref. |