Investigation on the incidence and health-seeking behavior of diarrhea among children aged under 5 years in Suzhou

SHEN Si; DAI Zi-rui; CHEN Li-ling; SHAO Xue-jun; ZHANG Jun; ZHANG Tao; XUE Jian; ZHAO Gen-ming

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SHEN Si, DAI Zi-rui, CHEN Li-ling, SHAO Xue-jun, ZHANG Jun, ZHANG Tao, XUE Jian, ZHAO Gen-ming. Investigation on the incidence and health-seeking behavior of diarrhea among children aged under 5 years in Suzhou[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2023, 27(2): 191-194. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2023.02.011

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SHEN Si, DAI Zi-rui, CHEN Li-ling, SHAO Xue-jun, ZHANG Jun, ZHANG Tao, XUE Jian, ZHAO Gen-ming. Investigation on the incidence and health-seeking behavior of diarrhea among children aged under 5 years in Suzhou[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2023, 27(2): 191-194. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2023.02.011

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SHEN Si, DAI Zi-rui, CHEN Li-ling, SHAO Xue-jun, ZHANG Jun, ZHANG Tao, XUE Jian, ZHAO Gen-ming. Investigation on the incidence and health-seeking behavior of diarrhea among children aged under 5 years in Suzhou[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2023, 27(2): 191-194. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2023.02.011

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Investigation on the incidence and health-seeking behavior of diarrhea among children aged under 5 years in Suzhou

doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2023.02.011

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Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Shanghai 200032, China
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Department of Prevention and Control, Suzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Suzhou 215004, China
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Department of Clinical Laboratory, Suzhou University Affiliated Children's Hospital, Suzhou 215003, China

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Three-year Action Plan (2020-2022) and Key Discipline Program on Public Health System Construction of Shanghai GWV-10.1-XK16

Investigator-Initiated Studies Program of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp Grant MIISP59169

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Corresponding author: ZHAO Gen-ming, E-mail: gmzhao@shmu.edu.cn
Received Date: 2022-01-12
Rev Recd Date: 2022-03-27

Available Online: 2023-02-20

Publish Date: 2023-02-10

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Objective This paper aims to investigate the incidence and health-seeking behavior of diarrhea among children under 5 years old in Suzhou City, and to inform the development of relevant health policies. Methods A repeated cross-sectional survey design and a stratified random sampling method was conducted to investigate the occurrence and health-seeking practices of childhood diarrhea in the past 1 month. Results The occurrence rate of diarrhea among children under 5 years old in Suzhou last month was 3.39%, with an average of 0.41 episodes of diarrhea per child per year. The consultation rate was 72.50%. The peak rate of diarrhea was 5.97% among children aged 6-12 months (χ² =126.52, P < 0.001). The different consultation rates of childhood diarrhea in different seasons were not statistically significant, and the health-seeking pattern was relatively fixed. The primary reason for children not seeking medical care was that parents did not think the disease was serious, and they preferred self-treatment through self-medication. Conclusions Attention should be paid to diarrhea among children under 5 years old in Suzhou City, especially among younger infants. Relevant education of parents should be strengthened, medical and health care should be further improved, and surveillance of childhood diarrhea should be enhanced.
- Childhood diarrhea,
- Diarrhea,
- Community survey,
- Health-seeking behavior

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