一种Poisson回归方法用于评估尼日利亚五岁以下儿童的发病风险和决定因素
Idika E Okorie1, Emmanuel Afuecheta2, Saralees Nadarajah3
1Department of Mathematics, Khalifa University, P. O. Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Scientific reports
|September 16, 2024
概括
这项研究分析了尼日利亚五岁以下儿童的发病率,发现年龄,性别,地点和母亲的教育显著影响了急性呼吸道感染 (ARI),腹和发烧的风险. 针对性干预对弱势群体至关重要.
科学领域:
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 生物统计学 生物统计学
背景情况:
- 儿童发病率,包括急性呼吸道感染 (ARI),腹和发烧,在尼日利亚构成了重大的公共卫生挑战.
- 了解这些疾病的决定因素对于制定有效的预防和控制策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查尼日利亚背景特征与五岁以下儿童发病率 (ARI,腹,发烧) 之间的关系.
- 确定针对性公共卫生干预的高风险群体和地理区域.
主要方法:
- 使用波桑回归分析.
- 来自2018年尼日利亚人口和健康调查 (NDHS) 的雇员数据.
- 分析了基于年龄,性别,城市/农村居住和区域/州级差异的发病率模式.
主要成果:
- 年龄,性别和母亲的教育是ARI,腹和发烧的重要预测因素. 例如,36-47个月龄的儿童患ARI的风险最高,而没有受过教育的母亲的孩子患腹和发烧的风险更高.
- 在不同地区和州的疾病发病率中观察到显著的地理差异.
- 城市地区的儿童更有可能患上ARI,而农村儿童患腹和发烧的风险更高.
结论:
- 母亲教育和家庭财富五分位数是5岁以下儿童患病率的重要决定因素.
- 这些发现突出了特定的年龄组,性别和地理位置,这些特定的年龄组,性别和地理位置最容易受到尼日利亚的ARI,腹和发烧的影响.
- 结果可以为政府和非政府机构的有针对性的干预提供信息,以减少儿童患病率.
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