Ahmed Ali Hussein


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ABSTRACT

 

Background: for the purpose supporting and contributing to the reorientation of health decision-makers and developing potential aspirations of the city of Mosul, especially in view of the challenging circumstances.

Aim: to measure the prevalence of diarrhea among children under five years old throughout epidemiolocal and microbiological perspective

Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional study was performed at the pediatric teaching hospitals in Mosul city-Republic of Iraq between the 7th of January and 30th of July, 2019. All under five years old children who lived in Mosul City during the study period and admitted to the Mosul pediatric because of diarrhea Hospitals were involved in the present study. Factors included demographic characteristics, behavioral and environmental variables, parent’s knowledge and attitudes toward diarrhea were unified into the questionnaires. Statistical package for social Sciences (SPSS) version 25.0 was used for data analysis.

Results: No valuable and important correlation (p= 0.172) was identified amongst children of girls who had moderate odds of diarrhea than children of boys (OR= 0.88). Kids after 6-12 months had higher levels than older people. Yet the duration of the previous childbirth interval was not associated. Sons of adolescent mothers (14–19) years old) were more likely to have had diarrhea compared with sons of mothers aged (20–24) years. Diarrhea arising during June to August demonstrates substantial correlation with other times.

Conclusions: Our analysis found the identified prevalence of diarrhea among children under five years of age in Mosul city is high.

Keywords: Diarrhea, under-five, Mosul, Epidemiological, Microbiological

 




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