Predictors of Hospitalization During the First Year of Life among 31 999 Tanzanian Infants
| Autor: | Alfa Muhihi, Emily R. Smith, Christopher R. Sudfeld, Salum Mshamu, Honorati Masanja, Christina Briegleb, Wafaie W. Fawzi, Julia Ruben, Ramadhani A. Noor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male Rural Population Urban Population Birth weight Tanzania Sex Factors Double-Blind Method Pregnancy parasitic diseases medicine Birth Weight Humans Prospective Studies Pregnancy Complications Infectious Vitamin A Prospective cohort study Socioeconomic status Proportional Hazards Models biology Vitamin A Deficiency Proportional hazards model business.industry Infant Newborn Infant Vitamins biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Hospitalization Low birth weight Infectious Diseases Socioeconomic Factors Dietary Supplements Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Small for gestational age Female Morbidity Pregnancy Multiple medicine.symptom business Maternal Age Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 61:317-328 |
| ISSN: | 1465-3664 0142-6338 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE This study explored the risk factors for infant hospitalization in urban and peri-urban/rural Tanzania. METHODS We conducted a prospective cohort study examining predictors of hospitalization during the first year of life among infants enrolled at birth in a large randomized controlled trial of neonatal vitamin A supplementation conducted in urban Dar es Salaam (n = 11,895) and peri-urban/rural Morogoro region (n = 20,104) in Tanzania. Demographic, socioeconomic, environmental and birth outcome predictors of hospitalization were assessed using proportional hazard models. RESULTS The rate of hospitalization was highest during the neonatal period in both Dar es Salaam (102/10,000 neonatal-months) and Morogoro region (78/10,000 neonatal-months). Hospitalization declined with increased age and was lowest for infants 6-12 months of age in both Dar es Salaam (11/10,000 infant-months) and Morogoro region (16/10,000 infant-months). In both Dar es Salaam and Morogoro region, older maternal age, male sex, low birth weight and being small for gestational age were significant predictors of higher risk of hospitalization (p |
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