2017, Number 2
Some risk factors in acute respiratory infections in less than 5 years old children. May 2014-2015
Language: Spanish
References: 15
Page: 4-13
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: acute diseases of the respiratory system appear in their vast majority as infections, which is why they are now preferred to be referred to as acute respiratory infections.Objectives: to determine the behavior of some risk factors for acute respiratory infections in children under 5 years of age, from May 2014 to May 2015 in the medical offices of the "Luis E. de la Paz" polyclinic, Yara municipality, Granma, Cuba.
Method: an epidemiological investigation, of descriptive and transversal type, was carried out with an analytical phase. The population was 696 children, who had acute respiratory infections and attended the consultation. The information was obtained through a data collection form, questionnaire to the mothers of the children and interviewed key informants and was processed using the Chi square statistic, to determine the degree of dependence and its correlation through the statistic coefficient of Pearson correlation.
Results: the most affected age group was female children from 1-2 years. The most frequent risk factors were overcrowding, family smoking, inadequate breastfeeding, and unacceptable socioeconomic status.
Conclusions: the high correlation of the age of the studied patients with the socioeconomic level was evidenced, followed by the antecedent of low birth weight, then the smoking habit and the use of breastfeeding. The mothers' level of knowledge about the risk factors of these diseases was higher.
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