Ishore Kaushik, Bhattacherjee Sharmistha, Das Dilip Kumar
Post Graduate Trainee, Department of Community Medicine, North Bengal Medical College , Sushrutanagar, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India .
Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, North Bengal Medical College , Sushrutanagar, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India .
J Clin Diagn Res. 2015 Aug;9(8):LC01-3. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/14078.6300. Epub 2015 Aug 1.
In the developing world, more than half of infant and childhood mortality is related to childhood diseases particularly- acute respiratory infections (ARI) and diarrhoea. The situation is worse among underprivileged population such as tribals and people living in tea garden areas.
To identify the morbidity pattern and the associated factors among tribal, under five, children living in tea garden areas of Darjeeling district.
A cross-sectional study was conducted in three randomly chosen tea garden areas of a block in Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India from September 2013-February 2014. The collected data was analysed using SPSS software and binary logistic regression was applied to test association between morbidity and other epidemiological correlates.
Morbidity was noted among 74 out of 192 children studied. Major causes of morbidity were- diarrhoea (26%), acute respiratory infections (24.5%) and fever (16.7%). Proportion of underweight children according to their age was 64.4%. Morbidity status was found statistically significant with some factors, like- religion, socio-economic status, immunization status and number of siblings.
There is high prevalence of diarrhoea and ARI associated morbidity in this part of the country.
在发展中世界，超过半数的婴幼儿死亡与儿童疾病有关，尤其是急性呼吸道感染（ARI）和腹泻。在部落居民和茶园地区居民等弱势群体中，情况更为糟糕。
确定印度大吉岭地区茶园中5岁以下部落儿童的发病模式及相关因素。
2013年9月至2014年2月，在印度西孟加拉邦大吉岭地区一个街区随机选取的三个茶园地区进行了一项横断面研究。使用SPSS软件对收集的数据进行分析，并应用二元逻辑回归来检验发病率与其他流行病学相关因素之间的关联。
在192名接受研究的儿童中，有74名出现发病情况。发病的主要原因是腹泻（26%）、急性呼吸道感染（24.5%）和发烧（16.7%）。按年龄计算，体重不足儿童的比例为64.4%。发病状况在一些因素上具有统计学意义，如宗教、社会经济地位、免疫状况和兄弟姐妹数量。
该国这一地区腹泻和ARI相关疾病的患病率很高。
