TY - JOUR
T1 - Socio-emotional and adaptive behaviour in children treated for severe anaemia at Lira Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda: a prospective cohort study
AU - Ssemataf, Andrew Sentoogo
AU - Opoka, Robert
AU - Ssenkusu, John Mbaziira
AU - Nakasujja, Noeline
AU - John, Chandy
AU - Bangirana, Paul
PY - 2020/12/1
Y1 - 2020/12/1
N2 - Background: Severe anaemia is a global public health challenge commonly associated with morbidity and mortality among children
Methods: We conducted a hospital based prospective cohort study among children 6—42 months who were treated for severe anaemia (n=171) at Lira Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda. Socio-emotional and adaptive behaviour were assessed 14 days post discharge using the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, 3rd edition. Age-adjusted z-scores for each domain were calculated using scores from healthy community children (n=88) from the same environment for each age category. Multiple linear regression was used to compare z-scores in the socialemotional and adaptive behaviour scales between the two groups after adjusting for weight-for-age z-score, social economic status, mother’s education, father’s education and father’s employment on all the scales.
Results: Compared with healthy community controls, children with severe anaemia had poorer [adjusted mean scores (standard error)], socio-emotional [−0.29, (0.05) vs. 0.01, (0.08), P=0.002]; but not overall/ composite adaptive behaviour [−0.10, (0.05) vs. −0.01, (0.07), P=0.343]. Within the adaptive behaviour subscales, children with SA displayed signifcantly poorer scores on the community use [adjusted mean score (standard error)], [−0.63, (0.10) vs. −0.01, (0.13), P
Conclusion: This study suggests that severe anaemia in children
AB - Background: Severe anaemia is a global public health challenge commonly associated with morbidity and mortality among children
Methods: We conducted a hospital based prospective cohort study among children 6—42 months who were treated for severe anaemia (n=171) at Lira Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda. Socio-emotional and adaptive behaviour were assessed 14 days post discharge using the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, 3rd edition. Age-adjusted z-scores for each domain were calculated using scores from healthy community children (n=88) from the same environment for each age category. Multiple linear regression was used to compare z-scores in the socialemotional and adaptive behaviour scales between the two groups after adjusting for weight-for-age z-score, social economic status, mother’s education, father’s education and father’s employment on all the scales.
Results: Compared with healthy community controls, children with severe anaemia had poorer [adjusted mean scores (standard error)], socio-emotional [−0.29, (0.05) vs. 0.01, (0.08), P=0.002]; but not overall/ composite adaptive behaviour [−0.10, (0.05) vs. −0.01, (0.07), P=0.343]. Within the adaptive behaviour subscales, children with SA displayed signifcantly poorer scores on the community use [adjusted mean score (standard error)], [−0.63, (0.10) vs. −0.01, (0.13), P
Conclusion: This study suggests that severe anaemia in children
M3 - Article
JO - Paediatrics and Child Health, East Africa
JF - Paediatrics and Child Health, East Africa
ER -
