Research Article
Maternal Common Mental Disorder as Predictors of Stunting among Children Aged 6-59 Months in Western Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study
Table 2
Maternal and child health care related factors of study participant of Nekemte town, West Ethiopia, 2017.
| | Variable | Case (n = 78) | Control (n=156) | P-value | | N (%) | N (%) |
| | Place of delivery | | | 0.249 | | Home | 15(19.2) | 21(13.5) | | | Health institution | 63(80.8) | 135(86.5) | | | ANC | | | 0.628 | | No | 8(10.3) | 13(8.3) | | | Yes | 70(89.7) | 143(91.7) | | | History of diarrhoea | | | < 0.001 | | Yes | 34(43.6%) | 20(12.8%) | | | No | 44(56.4%) | 136(87.2%) | | | History of febrile illness | | | 0.284 | | Yes | 23(29.5) | 57(36.5) | | | No | 55(70.5) | 99(63.5) | | | Vaccination status | | | 0.148 | | Incomplete | 18(23.1) | 24(15.4) | | | Completed | 60(76.9) | 132(84.6) | | | Breast feeding initiation | | | 0.269 | | > 1 hour | 21(26.9) | 32(20.5) | | | ≤ 1 hour | 57(73.1) | 124(79.5) | | | Per lacteal feed | | | 0.114 | | Yes | 18(23.1) | 23(14.7) | | | No | 60(76.9) | 133(85.3) | | | Colostrum | | | 0.571 | | Discarded | 4(5.1) | 11(7.1) | | | Given to child | 74(94.9) | 145(92.9) | | | Duration of EBF | | | 0.900 | | < or > than 6 months | 22(28.2) | 42(26.9) | | | For 6 months | 56(71.8) | 114(73.1) | | | DDS | | | 0.001 | | Low DDS | 71(91.0) | 111(71.2) | | | High DDS | 7(9.0) | 45(28.8) | | | Bottle feeding | | | < 0.001 | | Yes | 37(47.4) | 35(22.4) | | | No | 41(52.6) | 121(77.6) | | | Way of feeding | | | 0.714 | | All children together | 6(7.7) | 10(6.4) | | | With separate dish | 72(92.3) | 146(93.6) | | | Maternal Knowledge | | | <0.001 | | Poor | 45(57.7) | 48(30.8) | | | Fair | 18(23.1) | 21(13.5) | | Good | 15(19.2) | 87(55.8) |
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