Cent Eur J Public Health 2020, 28(2):135-142 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a5288

Changing of risk factors related to diarrhoea among children aged under 5 within ten years in Turkey

Cavit Işik Yavuz1, Çağatay Güler2, Mehmet Ali Eryurt3, Songül A. Vaizoğlu4
1 Department of Public Health, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
2 Public Health Department, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
3 Institute of Population Studies, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
4 Department of Public Health, Near East University Faculty of Medicine, Lefkoşa, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Objectives: The aim of this study is to determine the risk factors of childhood diarrhoea in Turkey throughout Turkey Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) 1998 and 2008 data.

Methods: This study is a further analysis of the database of children under 5 years of age from the Turkey Demographic and Health Survey. Binomial logistic regression and Chi square analysis were used by weighted data of Turkey Demographic and Health Surveys.

Results: In 1998 DHS there were 3,459 and in 2008 DHS 3,463 children under 5 years of age. Diarrhoea prevalence was 30.1% and 18.3%, respectively. Multivariate analysis revealed that household wealth status index, region, mother's education, mother's age (15-19 age), age (under 2 years of age), and sex (male) of the child were the risk factors for 1998 DHS. In 2008 significant risk factors were geographic region, education of the mother and father, breastfeeding status of the child (still being breastfed), mother's age (20-29 age group), and age of child (under 2 years of age).

Conclusions: As a result, patterns of the risk factors of diarrhoea has changed from 1998 to 2008 DHS in Turkey. However, impact of factors related with socioeconomic environment such as region and mother's education persisted.

Keywords: diarrhoea, risk factors, preschool children, demographic and health survey, Turkey

Received: December 19, 2017; Revised: March 2, 2020; Accepted: March 2, 2020; Published: June 27, 2020  Show citation

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Yavuz CI, Güler Ç, Eryurt MA, Vaizoğlu SA. Changing of risk factors related to diarrhoea among children aged under 5 within ten years in Turkey. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2020;28(2):135-142. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a5288. PubMed PMID: 32592559.
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