Caracterización de la Enfermedad Diarreica Aguda en niños de 1 a 5 años de edad de la ciudadela 1 de mayo del Centro de Salud de Baba en el año 2018.

Abstract

Background: Acute diarrheal disease has a close link with multiple epidemiological factors including: the geographic region, the time of year and the family socioeconomic situation. Materials and Methods: This is an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study that was carried out on the caregivers of children from 1 to 5 years old in the May 1st citadel of Baba Canton. Data were collected through a questionnaire with sociodemographic data, characteristics of acute diarrheal disease that affect the population studied, the SPSS was used as a statistical method. Results: In caregivers, the prevailing age was 15 at 24 years of age with (32%), female with (93.81%), of the Montubia ethnic group (70.1%), secondary level (39.2%), occupation of housewives (60.8%), optimal socio-economic level (74.2%), according to the sociodemographic characteristics of the children, those of 2 years (29.9%), nutritional status, normal weight (79.1%), personal risk factors under risk (57, 7%), high-risk hygienic-environmental risk factors (51%). Conclusions: In the caregiver, age groups of 15 to 24 years old prevailed, female sex, Montubia ethnicity, secondary school level, housewife occupation, optimal economic income. In children, the average age was 3 to 4 years, male sex, normal nutritional status. With inadequate personal risk factors, except the hygiene of the kitchen utensils that was adequate and high-risk hygienic-environmental risk factors.