title: SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS IN UNDER FIVE CHILDREN WITH ACUTE DIARRHOEA IN A TERTIARY HEALTH INSTITUTION IN NIGERIA.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the socio-demographic factors in under five children with acute diarrhoea.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Children's Emergency Room and Children's Outpatient Clinic of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and seventy-four children below five years of age.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Between June 2005 and May 2006, one hundred and seventy-four children aged below five years with diarrhoea were recruited for the study. They were examined. Their socio-demographic factors such as age, sex, breastfeeding status, parents' occupation/education, were obtained. The following variables did not significantly affect the prevalence of diarrhoea: age (p>0.05), sex (p=0.233), breastfeeding (p=0.590), nutritional status (p=0.060), and socio-economic status (p=0.955).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Socio-demographic factors did not appear to influence the prevalence of acute diarrhoea among under five children in Enugu, Nigeria.
authors: Department of Paediatrics, Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria.
authors: F C
authors: FC
authors: Korie
authors: A N
authors: AN
authors: Ikefuna
authors: B C
authors: BC
authors: Ibe
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D009752:Nutritional Status; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors