Compliance to micronutrient supplementation in children 3 to 24 months of age from a semi-rural community in Mexico



Document title: Compliance to micronutrient supplementation in children 3 to 24 months of age from a semi-rural community in Mexico
Journal: Salud pública de México
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000350210
ISSN: 0036-3634
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Secretaría de Salud del Estado de Nayarit, Tepic, Nayarit. México
2Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos. México
3University of North Carolina, School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, Carolina del Norte. Estados Unidos de América
4Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia. Estados Unidos de América
Year:
Season: Sep-Oct
Volumen: 54
Number: 5
Pages: 470-478
Country: México
Language: Inglés
Document type: Estadística o encuesta
Approach: Analítico
Spanish abstract OBJETIVO: Identificar factores asociados con el cumplimiento del consumo de suplementos con micronutrimentos múltiples (MM) o con hierro y vitamina A (FEVITA) en niños (<24 meses de edad). MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Información de un ensayo clínico aleatorizado, doble ciego en una localidad semirrural en México. Se calculó el porcentaje de cumplimiento (n=465 niños), cumplimiento adecuado (CA: >80%) y su asociación con varias características. RESULTADOS: El cumplimiento fue alto (MM: 78.2%, FEVITA: 80.1%; p<0.05). Los momios de CA fueron 59% mayores en niños del grupo FEVITA que en MM (p=0.052). Escolaridad materna (p<0.001), peso al nacer del niño (p=0.003), porcentaje de tiempo con tos (p<0.001) y con fiebre (p=0.024) y marginalmente, la condición indígena materna (p=0.071) se asociaron con el CA. CONCLUSIONES: La alta tasa de cumplimiento fue consistente con otros estudios. Es necesaria mayor investigación sobre factores fisiológicos, culturales, sociales y operativos relacionados con el cumplimiento del consumo de suplementos
English abstract OBJECTIVE: To identify associated factors to compliance for multiple micronutrient (MM) or iron and vitamin A (IVITA) supplementation, in children (3 to 24 months old). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A database (n=465 children) from a randomized, controlled, clinical trial, carried out in a semi-rural setting in Mexico, was analyzed. The compliance rate of MM and IVITA supplements was calculated. Adequate compliance rate (AC>80%), and its association with children and households characteristics, was determined. RESULTS: The compliance mean was high (MM:78.2%, IVITA:80.1%; p<0.05). The odds of AC were 59% greater in the children of IVITA than with MM group, although the estimate was only marginally significant (p=0.052). Maternal education (p<0.001), child birth weight (p=0.003), and children with cough (p<0.001) or fever (p=0.024) were significantly associated with AC and significantly marginal was maternal indigenous (p=0.071). CONCLUSION: The high AC was consistent with others efficacy studies. More research is needed to document physiological, cultural, social and operative factors affecting compliance with supplementation
Disciplines: Medicina
Keyword: Metabolismo y nutrición,
Salud pública,
Suplementos dietéticos,
Niños,
Nutrientes,
Adherencia al tratamiento
Keyword: Medicine,
Metabolism and nutrition,
Public health,
Dietary supplements,
Children,
Nutrients,
Treatment adherence
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