在肯尼亚沿海地区注射毒品的人的营养状况:一个横截面研究
Valentine Budambula1, Moses Ngari2,3, Nancy L M Budambula4
1Department of Environment and Health Sciences, Technical University of Mombasa, Mombasa, P. O. Box 90420-80100, Kenya. valbudambula@gmail.com.
BMC nutrition
|April 4, 2024
概括
在肯尼亚,注射毒品的人 (PWID) 呈现出严重的营养不良,与非吸毒者相比,低BMI和贫血的比例更高. 针对性干预对于这个脆弱的人群至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 药物使用研究研究 药物使用研究
背景情况:
- 肯尼亚注射毒品 (PWIDs) 的人的营养状况仍未得到充分探索.
- 现有的研究表明,全球PWIDs中营养不良,与粮食不安全,生活方式和物质使用相关的健康问题有关.
研究的目的:
- 评估肯尼亚沿海地区PWID的营养状况.
- 为了确定注射药物使用 (IDU) 和营养指标之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及752名肯尼亚沿海地区参与者的横截面研究.
- 使用了各种采样方法,包括受访者驱动的采样,雪球,外展和有目的的采样.
- 评估营养状况使用身体质量指数 (BMI),中上臂周长 (MUAC),腰与部的比,以及贫血指标.
主要成果:
- 35%的参与者BMI小于18.5,而注射式药物使用者 (46%) 的患病率高于非注射式药物使用者 (33%) 和非药物使用者 (23%).
- 17%的人被MUAC分类为体重不足,注射药物使用量占最高比例 (22%).
- 与对照组相比,注射药物使用者患轻度/中度贫血的患病率更高 (54%),腰与部的比例较低 (74%).
结论:
- 很大一部分参与者营养不良,PWIDs受到了不成比例的影响.
- 药物注射使用者表现出较低的BMI,低的MUAC,低的腰与部比率以及轻度/中度贫血的风险较高.
- 由于他们营养不良的风险较高,PWIDs需要有针对性的营养干预措施.
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