Ajema Dessalegn, Bekele Muluken, Yihune Manaye, Tadesse Hiwot, Gebremichael Gebrekiros, Mengesha Melkamu Merid
Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia.
Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia.
BMC Res Notes. 2020 Mar 4;13(1):125. doi: 10.1186/s13104-020-04983-w.
This study aimed to assess the availability of adequately iodized salt at a household level and associated factors in Arba Minch town, South Ethiopia using the gold standard technique, the iodometric titration.
41.8% (95% CI (confidence interval) 38.6 to 45.1) of households had inadequately iodized salt, and 9.3% (95% CI 7.5 to 11.4) had an iodine content below 10 ppm (parts per million). Compared to households with a monthly income of greater than 2000 ETB (Ethiopian Birr), households with a monthly income between 1000 ETB to 2000 ETB (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 0.52, 95% CI 0.390.36 to 00.77) and main food handlers aged 30 years or above compared to those aged less than 20 years of age (aOR = 0.55, 95% CI 0.34 to 0.91) had higher odds of having adequately iodized salt. Food handler's knowledge and practice were not found to be correlated with the availability of adequately iodized salt in household salt.
本研究旨在采用金标准技术——碘量滴定法，评估埃塞俄比亚南部阿尔巴明奇镇家庭层面碘盐充足的可及性及其相关因素。
41.8%（95%置信区间38.6%至45.1%）的家庭碘盐加碘不足，9.3%（95%置信区间7.5%至11.4%）的家庭碘含量低于10ppm（百万分之一）。与月收入高于2000埃塞俄比亚比尔的家庭相比，月收入在1000埃塞俄比亚比尔至2000埃塞俄比亚比尔之间的家庭（调整优势比（AOR）=0.52，95%置信区间0.39至0.77）以及主要食品处理人员年龄在30岁及以上的家庭与年龄小于20岁的家庭相比（调整优势比=0.55，95%置信区间0.34至0.91），碘盐充足的几率更高。未发现食品处理人员的知识和行为与家庭食盐中碘盐充足的可及性相关。
