Validity of mid upper arm circumference for screening acute undernutrition among preschool children in Shimoga, Karnataka
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Forensic and Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Introduction Anthropometry is an accepted and most widely used method for assessing the nutritional status of children Mid Upper Arm Circumference MUAC has been recommended to be used as a proxy indicator to screen for acute undernutrition in place of Weight for Height index as it requires no scales measuring devices or graph plottingObjective To study the validity of mid upper arm circumference in detection of acute undernutrition wasting among preschool children in the study settingMaterials and Methods A cross sectional study was conducted in the field practice area of PHC Aaynoor Shimoga District Karnataka state for a duration of 1 year from January 2013 to December 2013 Cluster sampling technique was used for sample selection and 400 preschool children of either sex in the age group of 15 years 12 59 months were included in the study Anthropometric measurements were recorded using standard techniquesResults The prevalence of both moderate and severe wasting as detected by MUAC was 27 675 and 3 075 which is less than half of that detected by WHZ MUAC had a sensitivity of 232 and 143 respectively in detection of moderate and severe wasting It could identify higher number of wasted children among males and among children aged 12 23 monthsConclusion Current MUAC cut offs are inappropriate for detection of wasting among preschool childrenKeywords Malnutrition Mid upper arm circumference Validity Sensitivity specificity
Authors and Affiliations
Vijaykumar Mane, M V. Sagar, Revathy R
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