Nutritional status and disease severity in children acutely presenting to a primary health clinic in rural Gambia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accurate and timely data on the health of a population are key for evidence-based decision making at both the policy and programmatic level. In many low-income settings, such data are unavailable or outdated. Using an electronic medical records system, we determined the association between nutritional status and severe illness and mortality among young children presenting to a rural primary health care facility in the Gambia.

Methods

Clinical data collected over five years (2010-2014) on children aged under 60 months making acute visits to a primary health care clinic in the rural Gambian district of Kiang West were retrospectively extracted from the medical records system. Generalised estimating equation models were used to investigate associations between nutrit

SUBMITTER: Mark H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6543667 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature