Psychosocial Care and its Association with Severe Acute Malnutrition.
Loading...
Date
2016-05
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
This cross-sectional study compared 120 children having severe acute malnutrition with 120 healthy children for exposure to 40 behaviors, by measuring psychosocial care based on Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) inventory. The mean (SD) psychosocial care score of cases and controls significantly differed [18.2 (2.2) vs 23.5 (2.1); P<0.001]. A score of less than 14 was significantly associated with severe acute malnutrition (OR 23.2; 95% CI 8.2, 50).
Description
Keywords
Home environment, Undernutrition
Citation
Anurag Singh and *Sheesham Agarwal. Psychosocial Care and its Association with Severe Acute Malnutrition. Indian Pediatrics. 2016 May; 53(5): 431-432.