Dietary practices and nutrition status of adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients attending Nyeri County Referral Hospital, Kenya
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Date
2017-11
Authors
Mwendia, Agnes Wangari
Chege, Peter
Njogu, Eunice
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Scholars Middle East Publishers
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess the dietary practices and nutrition status of adult pulmonary TB patients attending Nyeri County Referral Hospital, Kenya. The study adopted a cross-sectional analytical design. A sample of 135 participants was calculated using the modified Fisher Formula. The study targeted adult pulmonary TB patients attending TB Clinic. A structured questionnaire and a focus group discussion
guide were used to collect data. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social
Sciences. About 48.1% of the participants were underweight while 45.9% were normal
and 3.7% were overweight. Chi-square tests showed significant relationships between
gender (χ2 = 10.917, p=0.012), age (χ2 = 12.261, p=0.046) and income (χ2 15.584, =
p=0.036) were significant to nutrition status among the socio-demographic
characteristics. Pearson correlation analysis showed a weak relationship (r=0.173,
p=0.045) between number of meals per day and nutrition status of TB patients. The
study concluded that adult pulmonary TB patients attending Nyeri county referral
hospital had poor dietary practices, which led to poor nutrition status. The study
recommended that food assistance programs should be strengthened by the government
in conjunction with non-governmental organizations to help in mitigating increased
vulnerability to food insecurity among TB-affected households.
Keywords: Dietary Practices, Extra Pulmonary T.B, Nutrition Status, TB Patient and Pulmonary T.B
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Research Article
Keywords
Dietary Practices, Extra Pulmonary T.B, Nutrition Status, TB Patient, Pulmonary T.B
Citation
Scholars Bulletin (Food Science),Vol. 3, Iss.11 Nov, 2017. http://scholarsbulletin.com/