Acute diarrhea for intestinal parasitosis in children 5 to 10 years old of shuar ethnic in an amazonian indigenous community of Ecuador

Abstract:

Introduction: Acute diarrhea is still a health problem for developing countries. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to evaluate the incidence and determinants of acute infectious diarrhea in children aged 5 to 10 years in the indigenous community Shuar Cumbatza, Morona Santiago province, October 2014. Material and methods: An analytical and cross-sectional study was carried out in 150 children, of which 128 met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The study area was in the Cumbatza community in the Huambi parish, Cantón Sucúa, province of Morona Santiago, in the year 2014. Pearson’s chi-square was used to evaluate associations. He and a logistic regression model were constructed to determine the factors associated with acute diarrhea. Results: The prevalence of acute diarrhea was 21.1%. The average age was 7.17 years. The lack of hygiene measures that were associated with the presence of diarrhea were: the lack of hand washing before eating (OR=17.37); lack of hand washing after going to the bathroom (OR=9.26); live with domestic animals (OR=4.56); consume unboiled water (OR=9.01); lack of washing of fruits and vegetables for consumption (OR=3.18) and taking objects or hands to the mouth (OR=2.59); being the lack of hand washing and consumption of unboiled water the most influential factors for diarrhea according to the multivariate analysis. Conclusions: Multiple factors affect the quality of life of the population, the lack of knowledge of the parents about this pathology and therefore the absence of correct hygienic measures causes an increase in the prevalence of acute diarrhea together with a delay of the attendance to health institutions, leading to school dropouts, among other negative indicators in the population.

Año de publicación:

2017

Keywords:

• Amoebiasis
• Hygienic measures
• intestinal parasitosis
• Acute diarrhea

Fuente:

scopus