Bukari Mohammed, Abubakari Muzamil Mohammed, Majeed Mohammed, Abizari Abdul-Razak, Wemakor Anthony, Atosona Ambrose
Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, University for Development Studies, P. O. Box TL 1883, Tamale, Ghana.
BMC Res Notes. 2020 Jan 29;13(1):45. doi: 10.1186/s13104-020-4910-z.
This study sought to assess maternal growth monitoring knowledge and its effect on stunting, wasting and underweight among children 0-18 months in the Tamale Metropolis. An analytical cross-sectional study design, involving 340 mother-child pairs randomly selected from 4 health facilities in the Tamale Metropolis was used. A structured questionnaire was used to collect information on socio-demographic characteristics and maternal growth monitoring knowledge. Weight and length of children were taken to assess nutritional status (stunting, underweight and wasting). Chi square/Fisher's exact test was used to determine the association between maternal growth monitoring knowledge level and child nutritional status.
The study revealed that 87.6% of mothers had good knowledge on growth monitoring. The prevalence of stunting, underweight and wasting were 9.4%, 25.9% and 17.9% respectively. Bivariate analysis revealed that there is no association between maternal growth monitoring knowledge and stunting (p = 0.781), wasting (p = 0.743) and underweight (p = 0.529) among children 0-18 months in the Tamale Metropolis.
本研究旨在评估塔马利市0至18个月儿童的母亲对生长监测的知识及其对儿童发育迟缓、消瘦和体重不足的影响。采用分析性横断面研究设计，从塔马利市的4个卫生设施中随机选取340对母婴。使用结构化问卷收集社会人口学特征和母亲生长监测知识的信息。测量儿童的体重和身长以评估营养状况（发育迟缓、体重不足和消瘦）。采用卡方检验/费舍尔精确检验来确定母亲生长监测知识水平与儿童营养状况之间的关联。
研究显示，87.6%的母亲对生长监测有良好的了解。发育迟缓、体重不足和消瘦的患病率分别为9.4%、25.9%和17.9%。双变量分析显示，在塔马利市0至18个月的儿童中，母亲的生长监测知识与发育迟缓（p = 0.781）、消瘦（p = 0.743）和体重不足（p = 0.529）之间没有关联。
