The Frequency of Growth Deviations of Children Under 5 Years from Standard Curves and Its Related Factors in Zahedan

Autor: Fatemeh Setoodehzadeh, Azar Abolpur, Kosar Rezaei, Mehdi Mohammadi, Mohammad Khammarnia, farnaz keykhah, Mostafa Peyvand
Jazyk: perština
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: پیاورد سلامت, Vol 17, Iss 3, Pp 219-228 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1735-8132
2008-2665
Popis: Background and Aim: Children’s health is important as the future builders of society. Many children under 5 years of age around the world and in Iran have growth disorders. Due to the importance of growth disorder and its impact on the development, learning and future of the child, the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the frequency of deviations from the growth curves of children under 5 years of age and related factors in Zahedan city. Materials and Methods: This case-control study was conducted in 2020 in Zahedan. The study population included all children under 5 years old, born in Zahedan between 2013 and 2020 that 784 of whom were selected by random sampling method. To determine the factors related to growth disorder multiple logistic regression analysis was used and to check the significance level, chi-square test and Pearson correlation were used. In this research, the data were analyzed with SPSS software. Results: The results of this research showed that 54% of the boys and 51.20% of the girls had growth disorders. Between child growth disorder and maternal chronic disease (P
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