Mohamad Nor, Muhammad Sufiyullah (2020) Associations Between Maternal Knowledge, Attitude, Feeding Practice and Growth Status Among Children with Cerebral Palsy in Selected Public Hospitals, Kuala Lumpur. [Project Paper] (Submitted)
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Abstract
ntroduction: Cerebral palsy children have high prevalence of impaired growth status and undernutrition. However, only a small number of studies aimed to determine growth status with the maternal knowledge, attitude and feeding practice. Thus, this cross-sectional study aimed to determine the associations of maternal knowledge, attitude, feeding practice, sociodemographic factors, medical history and dietary intake with growth status among children with cerebral palsy in Hospital Kuala Lumpur and Hospital Rehabilitasi Cheras. Methods: Socio-demographic information was obtained through self-administered questionnaire while anthropometry data in determining the growth status was performed by the researcher. Maternal knowledge and attitude were assessed through Knowledge and Attitude Questionnaire while maternal feeding practice was assessed by a validated self-developed questionnaire. Dietary intake was assessed through 2-days 24-hour diet recall through interview. Results: A total of 85 subjects (55.3% male and 44.7 % female) with mean age 9.80 ± 4.74 years participated in this study. The frequency of children with normal weight was more than those with unhealthy weight with 56.5% of the subjects were within normal weight and 43.5% of them were among the unhealthy weight. Subjects consumed a mean of 1086 ± 321 kcal and 55.3% of the children achieved adequate energy intake while 44.7% of them received inadequate intake. No significant associations were found between sociodemographic factors, maternal knowledge, attitude and feeding practice with growth status. For medical history, no significant association was found except for the association between twin birth and growth status. A significant association was found between dietary intake with growth status (x2=21.179, p-value <0.05). Conclusion: Healthcare providers and policy makers should be aware of this issue among children with cerebral palsy and proper action should be taken to improve nutritional status in order to prevent poor growth status among children with cerebral palsy.
| Item Type: | Project Paper |
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| Faculty: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Science |
| Depositing User: | Mr Khoirul Asrimi Md Nor |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Apr 2023 07:06 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Apr 2023 07:06 |
| URI: | http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/844 |
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