Nutritional Status of Mothers of Well-Nourished Children versus Malnourished Children at Civil Hospital Hyderabad
OBJECTIVE: To compare the nutritional status by using Body Mass Index (BMI) among Mothers of Well nourished Children versus malnourished children at Civil Hospital Hyderabad. METHODOLOGY: A Comparative/ Analytical observational study conducted at paediatric Department, Unit-I, Civil Hospital Hydera...
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| author | Bindia Kailash Salma Shaikh Muhammad Nadeem Chohan Muhammad Hanif Mushtaque Ali Shah |
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| description | OBJECTIVE: To compare the nutritional status by using Body Mass Index (BMI) among Mothers of Well nourished Children versus malnourished children at Civil Hospital Hyderabad.
METHODOLOGY: A Comparative/ Analytical observational study conducted at paediatric Department, Unit-I, Civil Hospital Hyderabad from March 2015 to February 2016 in total 384 mothers. Group A and Group B, both had 192 mothers. Group A contain mothers of malnourished children (whose mid upper arm circumference was <11.5 cm) and Group B contain mothers of well-nourished children (whose mid upper arm circumference was >12.5 cm). Body Mass Index of mothers were calculated and classified into normal, mild underweight, moderate and sever underweight.
RESULTS: BMI of mothers of well-nourished children were better than the BMI of mothers of malnourished children. Around 73.9% mothers of well-nourished children had normal BMI as compared to mothers of malnourished children (10%). Around 18.2% mothers of well-nourished children were mildly underweight comparing 41.1% mothers of malnourished children. Nearly 6.3% mothers of
well-nourished children were moderately underweight while 28.9% mothers of malnourished children were moderately underweight. More mothers of malnourished children were severely underweight (20%) as compared to mothers of well-nourished children (1.6%).
CONCLUSION: In this study, majority of mothers of children with malnutrition had lower Body Mass Index (Underweight), as compared to mothers of well-nourished children. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-39619a25a4934dd7bd5955f3ffc142722023-05-29T09:35:27ZengLiaquat University of Medical and Health SciencesJLUMHS1729-03412309-86272019-12-011804276280doi:10.22442/jlumhs.191840642Nutritional Status of Mothers of Well-Nourished Children versus Malnourished Children at Civil Hospital HyderabadBindia Kailash0Salma Shaikh1Muhammad Nadeem Chohan 2Muhammad Hanif3Mushtaque Ali Shah4Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences (LUMHS), Jamshoro, Sindh-PakistanLiaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences (LUMHS), Jamshoro, Sindh-PakistanLiaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences (LUMHS), Jamshoro, Sindh-PakistanLiaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences (LUMHS), Jamshoro, Sindh-PakistanLiaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences (LUMHS), Jamshoro, Sindh-PakistanOBJECTIVE: To compare the nutritional status by using Body Mass Index (BMI) among Mothers of Well nourished Children versus malnourished children at Civil Hospital Hyderabad. METHODOLOGY: A Comparative/ Analytical observational study conducted at paediatric Department, Unit-I, Civil Hospital Hyderabad from March 2015 to February 2016 in total 384 mothers. Group A and Group B, both had 192 mothers. Group A contain mothers of malnourished children (whose mid upper arm circumference was <11.5 cm) and Group B contain mothers of well-nourished children (whose mid upper arm circumference was >12.5 cm). Body Mass Index of mothers were calculated and classified into normal, mild underweight, moderate and sever underweight. RESULTS: BMI of mothers of well-nourished children were better than the BMI of mothers of malnourished children. Around 73.9% mothers of well-nourished children had normal BMI as compared to mothers of malnourished children (10%). Around 18.2% mothers of well-nourished children were mildly underweight comparing 41.1% mothers of malnourished children. Nearly 6.3% mothers of well-nourished children were moderately underweight while 28.9% mothers of malnourished children were moderately underweight. More mothers of malnourished children were severely underweight (20%) as compared to mothers of well-nourished children (1.6%). CONCLUSION: In this study, majority of mothers of children with malnutrition had lower Body Mass Index (Underweight), as compared to mothers of well-nourished children.https://www.lumhs.edu.pk/jlumhs/Vol18No04/pdfs/07.pdfkeywords: nutritional assessmentbody mass indexmalnutritionnutritional stabilization center |
| spellingShingle | Bindia Kailash Salma Shaikh Muhammad Nadeem Chohan Muhammad Hanif Mushtaque Ali Shah Nutritional Status of Mothers of Well-Nourished Children versus Malnourished Children at Civil Hospital Hyderabad JLUMHS keywords: nutritional assessment body mass index malnutrition nutritional stabilization center |
| title | Nutritional Status of Mothers of Well-Nourished Children versus Malnourished Children at Civil Hospital Hyderabad |
| title_full | Nutritional Status of Mothers of Well-Nourished Children versus Malnourished Children at Civil Hospital Hyderabad |
| title_fullStr | Nutritional Status of Mothers of Well-Nourished Children versus Malnourished Children at Civil Hospital Hyderabad |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nutritional Status of Mothers of Well-Nourished Children versus Malnourished Children at Civil Hospital Hyderabad |
| title_short | Nutritional Status of Mothers of Well-Nourished Children versus Malnourished Children at Civil Hospital Hyderabad |
| title_sort | nutritional status of mothers of well nourished children versus malnourished children at civil hospital hyderabad |
| topic | keywords: nutritional assessment body mass index malnutrition nutritional stabilization center |
| url | https://www.lumhs.edu.pk/jlumhs/Vol18No04/pdfs/07.pdf |
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