1. Modifiable diarrhoea risk factors in Egyptian children aged5 years
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Mark S. Riddle, Samuel Y. Levin, Adel Mansour, I. A. Abdel Messih, M. El Shabrawi, H. El Mohammady, Sylvia Y. N. Young, Manal Mostafa, M. Abou Zekri, S. Y. Shabaan, M. E. Salem, May Fouad Nassar, and John D. Klena
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Diarrhea ,Male ,Rotavirus ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Epidemiology ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Cryptosporidium ,medicine.disease_cause ,Hospitals, University ,Feces ,Risk-Taking ,Hygiene ,Risk Factors ,medicine ,Infection control ,Outpatient clinic ,Humans ,media_common ,Infection Control ,Bacteria ,business.industry ,Case-control study ,Infant, Newborn ,Rectum ,Infant ,Odds ratio ,Original Papers ,Infectious Diseases ,Case-Control Studies ,Child, Preschool ,Pacifier ,Egypt ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
SUMMARYBy conducting a case-control study in two university hospitals, we explored the association between modifiable risk behaviours and diarrhoea. Children aged Cryptosporidiumspp. Four hundred cases and controls were enrolled between 2007 and 2009. The strongest independent risk factors for diarrhoea were: presence of another household member with diarrhoea [matched odds ratio (mOR) 4·9, 95% CI 2·8–8·4] in the week preceding the survey, introduction to a new kind of food (mOR 3, 95% CI 1·7–5·4), and the child being cared for outside home (mOR 2·6, 95% CI 1·3–5·2). While these risk factors are not identifiable, in some age groups more easily modifiable risk factors were identified including: having no soap for handwashing (mOR 6·3, 95% CI 1·2–33·9) for children aged 7–12 months, and pacifier use (mOR 1·9, 95% CI 1·0–3·5) in children aged 0–6 months. In total, the findings of this study suggest that community-based interventions to improve practices related to sanitation and hygiene, handwashing and food could be utilized to reduce the burden of diarrhoea in Egyptian children aged
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- 2013