A comparative study of the growth indicators of infants born before and during the Covid-19 pandemic

IF 2.3 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health Pub Date : 2024-10-11 DOI:10.1016/j.cegh.2024.101816

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Abstract

Introduction

Growth disorders pose significant mental and physical health challenges with long-term complications for children. As monitoring children's growth is of paramount importance, in the present study attempts are made to compare growth indicators of infants from birth to 12 months before and during the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.

Material and method

The present descriptive-analytical study was conducted using cluster sampling method in 10 comprehensive healthcare centers and on 200 infants in southwest of Iran during 2023. The infants’ health records and growth chart before and during the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic served as data collection instruments. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 21 software and descriptive and analytical statistics.

Result

Economic hardship, job loss, maternal disease and neonatal acquired disease were found to be significantly higher during the pandemic outbreak compared to the pre-pandemic time. The average weight and BMI of the infants in both groups showed no significant difference from birth to two months old, but the difference was found to be significantly higher from 4 months to 1-year-old among infants born during the pandemic (P-value<0.05). Result this study showed that during the pandemic trend of The age of word articulation by infants was increasing (P-value = 0.022) and at this time 6 cases of missed vaccination were observed.

Conclusion

The results indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic can affect the growth and development of infants, and may, in some cases, disrupt the growth and routine vaccination schedule during infancy and breastfeeding, which should be prevented by proper parental training.

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对科维德-19 大流行之前和期间出生的婴儿生长指标的比较研究

导言：生长障碍对儿童的身心健康构成重大挑战，并带来长期并发症。由于监测儿童生长至关重要，本研究试图比较 COVID-19 大流行爆发前和爆发期间出生至 12 个月婴儿的生长指标。数据收集工具为 COVID-19 大流行爆发前和爆发期间的婴儿健康记录和生长图表。结果发现，与疫情爆发前相比，疫情爆发期间的经济困难、失业、孕产妇疾病和新生儿获得性疾病显著增加。两组婴儿的平均体重和体重指数在出生至 2 个月大期间无显著差异，但在大流行期间出生的 4 个月至 1 岁的婴儿中，差异明显（P 值为 0.05）。研究结果表明，在大流行期间，婴儿的发音年龄呈上升趋势（P 值 = 0.022），此时共观察到 6 例错过接种的情况。

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来源期刊

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

CiteScore

4.60

自引率

7.70%

发文量

218

审稿时长

66 days

期刊介绍： Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health (CEGH) is a multidisciplinary journal and it is published four times (March, June, September, December) a year. The mandate of CEGH is to promote articles on clinical epidemiology with focus on developing countries in the context of global health. We also accept articles from other countries. It publishes original research work across all disciplines of medicine and allied sciences, related to clinical epidemiology and global health. The journal publishes Original articles, Review articles, Evidence Summaries, Letters to the Editor. All articles published in CEGH are peer-reviewed and published online for immediate access and citation.