Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Anaemia in Children Aged Six Months to Fifteen Years Admitted to University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
Keywords:
Anaemia, Prevalence, Risk factors, Zambia, Africa
Abstract
Background: Anaemia is a public health problem globally affecting 293.1 million children and 28.5% of these children are in the sub Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of anaemia and the associated risk factors of anaemia in children aged 6 months to 15 years admitted to the University Teaching Hospital. There have been no studies done at University Teaching Hospital to establish the burden of anaemia in children. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted from July 2016 to December 2016. 351 children were recruited through convenient sampling methods. Data collection sheet was used to collect socio demographic and anthropometry data. The prevalence, associated risk factors of anaemia, and morphological types of anaemia were determined after blood investigations were done. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 21.0. The association between predictors and outcome variables were measured by using by logistic regression and bivariate analysis. Ethical permission was obtained, consent from parents/guardians was taken and confidentiality was maintained. Results: A total of 351 children were studied. The mean age was 3 years (IOR 2-7 years). 45.9% were females and 54.1% were males (P=0.12). The mean cell volume was 74. 5fL.Malnourised children were 37.9% among those who were anaemic as compared to 33.7% in the non-anaemic group.7.4% children had positive malaria by rapid diagnostic test (RDT). 23.8% had a positive sickling test. The prevalence of anaemia was 161/351 (45.9%). Mild, moderate, severe anaemia was 47/161(29%), 86/161(53%) and 28/161(17%) respectively. The age group 6 months to 5 years was the most affected with 59% mildly, 69.8% moderately and 71.4% severely anaemic. On bivariate analysis malnutrition, HIV, malaria, age and sex were not associated with anaemia and there was no statistical difference. Logistic regression analysis revealed that presence of haemoglobin S was the only risk factor independently strongly associated with Anaemia (CI-0.2-0.7), p value-0.001. Conclusion: Anaemia is a health problem at University Teaching hospital and the under-five age group is the most affected. Predictors of mild, moderate and severe anaemia is sickle cell disease. Therefore, improving on early screening of sickle cell disease and investigating the role of iron deficiency anaemia are some of the strategies to be advocated.References
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2. World Health Organization (2009). Global database on Anaemia: Public Health Nutrition, 12:444-454
3. Chatterjee A, Bosch RJ, Kupka R, Hunter DJ, Msamanga GI, Fawzi WW (2010) predictors and consequences of Anaemia among antiretroviral-naïve HIV-infected and HI uninfected children in Tanzania. Public health nutrition, 13:289-296.
4. WHO (2011): Haemoglobin Concentration for the diagnosis of Anaemia and assessment of severity:1-6
5. CDC (1989) Criteria for Anaemia in children and childbearing aged women, Morbidity and mortality weekly report,38(22):400-404
6. World Health Organization Report (2002). Reducing risks, promoting healthy life: 449-93
7. Obonyo C, Steyerber E, Oloo A, Habbema J. (1998). Blood transfusion for severe malaria related Anaemia in Africa: A decision analysis. Am J Trop med Hyg:525-530
8. Lawless J, Latham M, Stephenson L, Kinoti S. (1994). Iron supplementation improves appetite and growth in anaemic Kenyan primary school children. The J Nutrition 124:654
9. Brian BJ, Premji Z, Verhoeff F (2001). Iron deficiency Anaemia: Reexamining the nature and magnitude of the public Health Problem. An analysis of Anaemia and child mortality. World health,131:636-648
10. Brooker S, Akhwale W, Pullen R, Estambale B, Clarke SE, Snow RW, Hotez PJ. (2007). Epidemiology of plasmodium-helminth co infection in Africa: populations at risk, potential impact on Anaemia and prospects for combining control. Am J Trop MedHyg 77:88-98
11. Ekvall H. (2003). Malaria and Anaemia.Curr Opin Haematol 10:108-114
12. Ong’echa J, Keller C, Were T, Ouma C, Otieno R, et al. (2006) Parasitemia, anemia, and malarial anemia in infants and young children in a rural holoendemic plasmodium falciparum transmission area. Am J Trop Med Hyg 74: 376–385.
13. Kraemer K, Zimmermann M (2007) Nutritional anemia: Sight and Life Press Basel.
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15. Awash S, pande V.K. (1998). Cause specific mortality in under-fives in urban slums of Lucknow, North India.J Trop paediatrics 44:358-361
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39. Magalhaels RJ, (2011) Mapping the risk of Anaemia in preschool age children: the contribution of malaria, helminth infection in west Africa.p20 med 2100<8: e1000 438
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45. Mohammad SE, Awad EE, Ahmed AM, Abbas A (2014) prevalence of anaemia among schools(khalawi) in central Sudan, a cross sectional study. Pan afrc.med journal
46. Ughasoro MI, Emodi I, Ibe BC (2011) prevalence of moderate and severe anaemia in Children under five at university of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, south east Nigeria. Paediatric research, PR 2011 714
47. Simbauranga RH, Kamugisha E, Hokororo A, Kidenya BR, Makani J (2015) prevalence and factors associated with severe anaemia among under five children hospitalized at Bugando Medical Center, Mwanza, Tanzania. BMC Haematology 2015 15:13
48. Kuziga F, Yeka A (2017) prevalence and factors associated with Anaemia among children aged 6 to 59 months in Namuluna District, Uganda. A cross sectional study.BMC paediatrics ISSN:1471-2431.
49. Brian SE, Alan AS, Gregory DH (2002) A prospective cross-sectional study of Anaemia and peripheral iron status in HIV infected children in cape town, south Africa. BMC infectious disease 2002:2-3
50. Rosemary F, Eliane SC, Ana Paula CP (2010) Prevalence of Anaemia in under 5 children in a children’s Hospital in Recife, Brazil. Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter 2011:33(2):100-104
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52. Qasem A, Friel J (2015) An Overview of Iron in term breastfed infants. Clinical medicine insights Paediatrics 2015:9 79-84
53. Osazuwa F (2011) A significant association between intestinal infection and Anaemia burden in children in rural communities of Edo state, Nigerian Am J Med sci.2011;3(1):30-34
54. Samson A, Ogbenna A (2016) Morphologic evaluation of Anaemia. I. Biomed (Aligarh)8:322; doi 10.4172/0974 8369,1000322
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2020-03-31
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Inambao M, Mulenga V. Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Anaemia in Children Aged Six Months to Fifteen Years Admitted to University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia. University of Zambia Journal of Agricultural and Biomedical Sciences [Internet]. 31Mar.2020 [cited 5May2024];4(1):10-1. Available from: https://journals.unza.zm/index.php/JABS/article/view/351
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