Severity and morphological classification of anaemia among children aged 2- 59 months in dar es salaam, tanzania: a cross sectional study protocol
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2022-11-11
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MedRxiv
Abstract
Background: Anaemia is a clinically significant secondary diagnosis in children under
the age of five in most parts of developing world, including Tanzania. Studies that
assess clinical conditions associated with prenatal and postnatal era are highly
relevant to global health as they tend to reflect patterns of significant health
challenges across the entire human lifespan.
Objective: To assess for morphological characteristics and severity of anaemia
among under-five population seen at Dar es Salaam regional referral facilities in
Tanzania.
Design & Methods: A cross-sectional hospital based study will be conducted at
Temeke Regional Referral and Mbagala Rangi Tatu district hospitals in Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania. All children aged 2-59 months will be eligible to participate in the study. All
children aged 2 – 59 months with anaemia will be the target population. The study
main tool will be a self-administered questionnaire with five distinct parts. Data
analysis will commence with summarisation. Specifically, continuous data will be
summarised using median (with inter-quartile range) and categorical data will be
summarised using frequency (and proportion by %) Graphical tools will also be
employed where by important correlations as well as +/- outliers will be assessed.
Besides, univariate and bivariate statistics will be computed for all clinically relevant
data. Main outcome measure will be severity and morphological classification of
anaemia. Unless otherwise stated, an alpha-level of 5% will be used as a limit of type
1 error in findings. Written informed consent will be sought from the parent/guardian
of each participant child prior to inclusion into the study.
Keywords: Anaemia, children, Temeke, Dar es Salaam
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Anaemia, Children, Dar es Salaam
Citation
Omary, S.A., Kalabamu, S.F., Fataki, M.R., Salum, S.S., Mohamed, U.H., Kimaro, J.G. and Leshabari, K.M., 2022. SEVERITY AND MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF ANAEMIA AMONG CHILDREN AGED 2-59 MONTHS IN DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY PROTOCOL. medRxiv, pp.2022-11.