Incidence of diarrhea: poor parental recall ability
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Resumo: | Several methodological issues may have an impact on the incidence rates of childhood acute diarrhea reported by community-based studies. This study was performed to assess the impact of parental recall ability and definition of diarrhea on the estimate of incidence of acute diarrhea. Eighty-four children younger than 40 months were randomly selected and visited every other day for four weeks and the occurrence of diarrhea was registered. On the last day of the study, another visit was performed and the informants were inquired about the occurrence of diarrhea during the previous four weeks. Data gathered during the four weeks were compared to those obtained on the last visit. Additionally, the informants' definition of diarrhea was investigated and compared to the one adopted by this study. During the observation period, 33 children suffered diarrhea, but only 10 (30.3%) informants reported the occurrence of diarrhea. Although 42.4% of those informants reported that their children had been ill over that period, they did not report diarrhea. Further, 60.6% children who had diarrhea suffered at least one episode in the two weeks prior to the visitation. The same definition of diarrhea used in this study was adopted by 52.1% of the informants inquired. Parental recall is an unreliable method to estimate the incidence of diarrhea and studies with a short interval between the visits should be necessary to correctly evaluate this important health problem. Moreover, assessing the informants' own definition of diarrhea is a significant contribution to the interpretation of the results. |
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Incidence of diarrhea: poor parental recall abilityAcute diarrheadiarrhea in childrendiarrhea definitionSeveral methodological issues may have an impact on the incidence rates of childhood acute diarrhea reported by community-based studies. This study was performed to assess the impact of parental recall ability and definition of diarrhea on the estimate of incidence of acute diarrhea. Eighty-four children younger than 40 months were randomly selected and visited every other day for four weeks and the occurrence of diarrhea was registered. On the last day of the study, another visit was performed and the informants were inquired about the occurrence of diarrhea during the previous four weeks. Data gathered during the four weeks were compared to those obtained on the last visit. Additionally, the informants' definition of diarrhea was investigated and compared to the one adopted by this study. During the observation period, 33 children suffered diarrhea, but only 10 (30.3%) informants reported the occurrence of diarrhea. Although 42.4% of those informants reported that their children had been ill over that period, they did not report diarrhea. Further, 60.6% children who had diarrhea suffered at least one episode in the two weeks prior to the visitation. The same definition of diarrhea used in this study was adopted by 52.1% of the informants inquired. Parental recall is an unreliable method to estimate the incidence of diarrhea and studies with a short interval between the visits should be necessary to correctly evaluate this important health problem. Moreover, assessing the informants' own definition of diarrhea is a significant contribution to the interpretation of the results.Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine Professor Hosannah Oliveira Pediatric CenterFederal University of São Paulo Department of Pediatric Nutrition DivisionUNIFESP, Department of Pediatric Nutrition DivisionSciELOBrazilian Society of Infectious DiseasesFederal University of Bahia School of Medicine Professor Hosannah Oliveira Pediatric CenterUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)Melo, Maria Clotildes Nunes deTaddei, Jose Augusto de Aguiar Carrazedo [UNIFESP]Diniz-Santos, Daniel RuiMay, Daniel SimõesCarneiro, Nadya BustaniSilva, Luciana Rodrigues2015-06-14T13:37:14Z2015-06-14T13:37:14Z2007-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion571-579application/pdfhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1413-86702007000600009Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases, v. 11, n. 6, p. 571-579, 2007.10.1590/S1413-86702007000600009S1413-86702007000600009.pdf1413-8670S1413-86702007000600009http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/4049WOS:000254388800009engBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseasesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Institucional da UNIFESPinstname:Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)instacron:UNIFESP2024-08-06T05:43:15Zoai:repositorio.unifesp.br/:11600/4049Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://www.repositorio.unifesp.br/oai/requestbiblioteca.csp@unifesp.bropendoar:34652024-08-06T05:43:15Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP - Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)false |
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Incidence of diarrhea: poor parental recall ability |
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Incidence of diarrhea: poor parental recall ability |
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Incidence of diarrhea: poor parental recall ability Melo, Maria Clotildes Nunes de Acute diarrhea diarrhea in children diarrhea definition |
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Incidence of diarrhea: poor parental recall ability |
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Incidence of diarrhea: poor parental recall ability |
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Incidence of diarrhea: poor parental recall ability |
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Incidence of diarrhea: poor parental recall ability |
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Incidence of diarrhea: poor parental recall ability |
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Melo, Maria Clotildes Nunes de |
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Melo, Maria Clotildes Nunes de Taddei, Jose Augusto de Aguiar Carrazedo [UNIFESP] Diniz-Santos, Daniel Rui May, Daniel Simões Carneiro, Nadya Bustani Silva, Luciana Rodrigues |
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Taddei, Jose Augusto de Aguiar Carrazedo [UNIFESP] Diniz-Santos, Daniel Rui May, Daniel Simões Carneiro, Nadya Bustani Silva, Luciana Rodrigues |
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Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine Professor Hosannah Oliveira Pediatric Center Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) |
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Melo, Maria Clotildes Nunes de Taddei, Jose Augusto de Aguiar Carrazedo [UNIFESP] Diniz-Santos, Daniel Rui May, Daniel Simões Carneiro, Nadya Bustani Silva, Luciana Rodrigues |
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Acute diarrhea diarrhea in children diarrhea definition |
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Acute diarrhea diarrhea in children diarrhea definition |
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Several methodological issues may have an impact on the incidence rates of childhood acute diarrhea reported by community-based studies. This study was performed to assess the impact of parental recall ability and definition of diarrhea on the estimate of incidence of acute diarrhea. Eighty-four children younger than 40 months were randomly selected and visited every other day for four weeks and the occurrence of diarrhea was registered. On the last day of the study, another visit was performed and the informants were inquired about the occurrence of diarrhea during the previous four weeks. Data gathered during the four weeks were compared to those obtained on the last visit. Additionally, the informants' definition of diarrhea was investigated and compared to the one adopted by this study. During the observation period, 33 children suffered diarrhea, but only 10 (30.3%) informants reported the occurrence of diarrhea. Although 42.4% of those informants reported that their children had been ill over that period, they did not report diarrhea. Further, 60.6% children who had diarrhea suffered at least one episode in the two weeks prior to the visitation. The same definition of diarrhea used in this study was adopted by 52.1% of the informants inquired. Parental recall is an unreliable method to estimate the incidence of diarrhea and studies with a short interval between the visits should be necessary to correctly evaluate this important health problem. Moreover, assessing the informants' own definition of diarrhea is a significant contribution to the interpretation of the results. |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1413-86702007000600009 Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases, v. 11, n. 6, p. 571-579, 2007. 10.1590/S1413-86702007000600009 S1413-86702007000600009.pdf 1413-8670 S1413-86702007000600009 http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/4049 WOS:000254388800009 |
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Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases, v. 11, n. 6, p. 571-579, 2007. 10.1590/S1413-86702007000600009 S1413-86702007000600009.pdf 1413-8670 S1413-86702007000600009 WOS:000254388800009 |
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