Dietary practices and nutrition status of adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients attending Nyeri County Referral Hospital, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorMwendia, Agnes Wangari
dc.contributor.authorChege, Peter
dc.contributor.authorNjogu, Eunice
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-29T09:33:58Z
dc.date.available2018-01-29T09:33:58Z
dc.date.issued2017-11
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractThe 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.Ben_US
dc.identifier.citationScholars Bulletin (Food Science),Vol. 3, Iss.11 Nov, 2017. http://scholarsbulletin.com/en_US
dc.identifier.issn24129771
dc.identifier.issn2412897X
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/18168
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherScholars Middle East Publishersen_US
dc.subjectDietary Practicesen_US
dc.subjectExtra Pulmonary T.Ben_US
dc.subjectNutrition Statusen_US
dc.subjectTB Patienten_US
dc.subjectPulmonary T.Ben_US
dc.titleDietary practices and nutrition status of adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients attending Nyeri County Referral Hospital, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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