Anemia infantil y entrega de micronutrientes. Cuenca Ecuador 2015. Estudio de prevalencia

Abstract

A cross-sectional research, developed during January to July 2015 in children assessed in Subcentro Salud “Sinincay” whose age rank was 6 to 60 months, determined the prevalence of anemia and its relation with micronutrients intake. Evaluated for five employed medical teams who had received a training course before, the population was of 737 children. Measuring haemoglobin levels using HemoCue ® and blood samples, anemia was established comparing with the cut-off points derived from WHO. Furthermore, the supplementation intake was recorded in a specific medical record called SIVAN. From 737 children, 47.6% belonged to the female sex and 52.4% were boys, the mean-age rank was of 32.24±15.06DS. The study yielded that 30.9% had anemia, 47.8% had received iron or powdered iron (iron, vitamin A, vitamin C, folate and zinc) and 46.5% had taken vitamin A. We found a significant relation between anemia and male (CI: 95%: 1.0-1.3; p=0.018), lacking of Vitamin A intake (CI: 95%: 1.01-1.33; p=0.022). Results should lead us to evaluate and oversee the supplementation in local communities’ services.