Bahartha Ali S, AlEzzi Jalil I
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hadhramout University, Al-Mukalla, Hadhramout, Yemen. E-mail.
Saudi Med J. 2015 Jun;36(6):720-4. doi: 10.15537/smj.2015.6.11266.
To assess the risk factors associated with diarrhea among children below 5-years-old in Mukalla, Yemen, and compare with other studies.
We conducted a case-control study on 200 children (100 cases and 100 controls) who attended the Maternity and Child Hospital, outpatient-clinics, and the Primary Health Care Centers in Al-Mukalla, Hadhramout, Yemen between February and April 2013.
We found that the significant risk factors associated with diarrhea were crowded housing (odds ratio [OR] 2.02; p=0.02; confidence interval [CI] 1.03-4.01), incomplete vaccination of the child (OR=2.02; p=0.027; CI: 1.08-3.8), and recurrent diarrheal illness during the last 3 months (OR=6.61; p=0.001; CI: 3.41-12.90).
Diarrheal diseases are strongly associated with incomplete vaccination, recurrent diarrheal disease, and crowded housing.
评估也门穆卡拉5岁以下儿童腹泻的相关危险因素，并与其他研究进行比较。
2013年2月至4月间，我们对也门哈德拉毛省穆卡拉市妇产儿童医院、门诊诊所及初级卫生保健中心的200名儿童（100例病例和100名对照）进行了病例对照研究。
我们发现，与腹泻相关的显著危险因素包括居住环境拥挤（比值比[OR]2.02；p = 0.02；置信区间[CI]1.03 - 4.01）、儿童疫苗接种不完全（OR = 2.02；p = 0.027；CI：1.0
