Relationship between child development and nutritional status of under-five Nigerian children
| Autor: | Adenike Oluwayemisi Jimoh, Alhassan Mela Yakubu, J O Anyiam |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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child
developmental delay developmental quotient nutritional status under-fives Nigerian Gerontology Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Nutrition and Dietetics Under-five business.industry fungi 05 social sciences food and beverages Medicine (miscellaneous) Nutritional status Child development 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 030212 general & internal medicine business 050104 developmental & child psychology Developmental quotient |
| Zdroj: | South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition; Vol 31, No 3 (2018); 50-54 |
| ISSN: | 2221-1268 1607-0658 2078-6204 2078-6190 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Nutrition is a major factor that can have long-term effects on the brain’s structural and functional capacity. The interplay between nutrition and child development cannot be overemphasised, especially in developing countries.Objectives: The study aimed to assess the nutritional status of under-fives and determine the relationship between the nutritional status and their developmental quotient.Methodology: A cross-sectional study was undertaken involving 415 under-fives aged 6–59 months in selected pre-schools and immunisation centres. Developmental assessment was done using the Schedule of Growing Skills II. The nutritional status was assessed using the WHO growth charts for weight-for-age, weight-for-height and height-for-age. Chi-square and odds ratio with 95% confidence interval were used to determine the association between nutritional status and selected developmental domains.Results: The mean age was 32.6 ± 15.9 months. The male to female ratio was 1.2:1. The overall prevalence of developmental delay was 35.4%, with manipulative domain accounting for the highest delay (25.8%). The prevalence of stunting, wasting and underweight was 9.1, 3.8 and 3.8% while 2.2% were overweight. Weight-for-age had a significant association with the hearing and language domain (OR 3.25, 95% CI 1.09–9.72, p = 0.036,) and interactive social domain (OR 5.0, 95% CI 2.0–13.0, p = 0.001).Conclusion: The nutritional status of a child has an effect on certain developmental domains of that child. Interventions to improve the nutritional status of under-fives will go a long way to facilitating the development of this group of children.Keywords: child, developmental delay, developmental quotient, nutritional status, under-fives, Nigerian |
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