Developmental delay and its predictors among children under five years of age with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition: a cross-sectional study in rural Pakistan
CONCLUSION: About two thirds of the study participants showed delayed or unstable global development. Thus, according to DDST-II-established protocols, there is a high prevalence of suspected developmental delay among children under the age of five years with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition in rural areas of Pakistan. Children in their first 2 years of life were at particularly high risk due to insufficient breastfeeding. This emphasizes the need to provide adequate infrastructure and information to parents for the prevention of developmental delay in remote areas.PMID:34266406 | DOI:10.1186/s12889-021-11445-w
Source: Rural Remote Health - Category: Rural Health Authors: Javeria Saleem Rubeena Zakar Gul Mehar Javaid Bukhari Aneela Fatima Florian Fischer Source Type: research
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