عوامل مرتبط با اسهال پايدار در كودكان زير 5 سال مراجعه كننده به مراكز بهداشتي - درماني و خانه هاي بهداشت روستايي تحت پوشش مركز بهداشت شهرستان گرگان و آق قلا

The study of effective factors on presisted diarrhea in under five year old children Gorgan and Agh-ghala health center

Diarrhea is one of the main reasons of mortality among children in the developed countries and half of all death is due to presisted diarrhea. This research is a cross-sectional and analytical study done on 708 children with acute diarrhea in villages around Gorgan, to find out the effective factors on having presisted diarrhea in children under five years old. Face to face interview and determining the variable factors and examining health center records on children with acute diarrhea were the basis for filling the corresponding questionarirs. 14 days after the start of acute diarrhea, which was the second part of this research, the above questionairs were fully completed by calling on the patientʹs home. According to our investigation the risk factors related to the presisted diarrhea were as follow: age, ethenicity, children length of breast feeding, chlorinated water, children consumed food at the time of acute diarrhea. The results from this investigation indicate that with 95% absoult probability 10.7%-11.3% of patients with acute diarrhea end-up with presisted diarrhea, which means diarrhea, was continued for more than 14 days. Therefore by controlling the above risk factors the mortality rate due to acute diarrhea could be reduced.