Incidence of diarrhea: poor parental recall ability

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Autor(a) principal: Melo, Maria Clotildes Nunes de
Data de Publicação: 2007
Outros Autores: Taddei, Jose Augusto de Aguiar Carrazedo [UNIFESP], Diniz-Santos, Daniel Rui, May, Daniel Simões, Carneiro, Nadya Bustani, Silva, Luciana Rodrigues
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1413-86702007000600009
http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/4049
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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spelling 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
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Incidence of diarrhea: poor parental recall ability
title Incidence of diarrhea: poor parental recall ability
spellingShingle Incidence of diarrhea: poor parental recall ability
Melo, Maria Clotildes Nunes de
Acute diarrhea
diarrhea in children
diarrhea definition
title_short Incidence of diarrhea: poor parental recall ability
title_full Incidence of diarrhea: poor parental recall ability
title_fullStr Incidence of diarrhea: poor parental recall ability
title_full_unstemmed Incidence of diarrhea: poor parental recall ability
title_sort Incidence of diarrhea: poor parental recall ability
author Melo, Maria Clotildes Nunes de
author_facet 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
author_role author
author2 Taddei, Jose Augusto de Aguiar Carrazedo [UNIFESP]
Diniz-Santos, Daniel Rui
May, Daniel Simões
Carneiro, Nadya Bustani
Silva, Luciana Rodrigues
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine Professor Hosannah Oliveira Pediatric Center
Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv 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
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Acute diarrhea
diarrhea in children
diarrhea definition
topic Acute diarrhea
diarrhea in children
diarrhea definition
description 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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