Abstract
Background: Diarrhoea is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. This study observed the influences of nutritional status and age on the outcome of severe diarrhoea in adult male patients. Methods and materials: Data were obtained through interview by arranged questionnaire. It is a prospective longitudinal study, where one group of patient was well nourished and other group was malnourished. Results: Significant differences were found in all study factors between malnourished and well nourished diarrhoea patients. Patients with poor nutritional status had low body weight and muscle mass index than well nourished patients. The stool volume was higher in malnourished patients than well nourished patient. In addition mean duration of diarrhoea for malnourished patients was higher than well nourished patients until discharge from hospital. Conclusion: Therefore, the diarrhoea of malnourished and low socioeconomic status of adult patients is more severe, and the incidence of this disease can be reduced by growing awareness as well as improve nutritional and socioeconomic status of those patient groups. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol. 12 No. 03 July 13 Page 250-255 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v12i3.15406
Highlights
Diarrhoea is an alteration in normal bowel movement, characterized by increased frequency, volume, and water content of stools
This study assess the outcome of severity of adult diarrhoea patients according to their nutritional status considering some indicators who come to the Dhaka hospital of ICDDR,B seeking treatment of diarrhoea
The factors weight and height determines nutritional status of the patients, body mass index (BMI) determines malnourishment and well nourishment of patients, house condition determines the hygienic condition of leaving place of patients, education determines the social status of the patients, and stool volume, duration and IV fluid requirement determines the severity of diarrhoea of the patients
Summary
Diarrhoea is an alteration in normal bowel movement, characterized by increased frequency, volume, and water content of stools. The incidence of diarrhoea is more discussed for children but the severity of acute diarrhoea of adults in low income countries is largely unknown owing to the lack of large-scale surveillance studies in these countries. This study observed the influences of nutritional status and age on the outcome of severe diarrhoea in adult male patients. Methods and materials: Data were obtained through interview by arranged questionnaire It is a prospective longitudinal study, where one group of patient was well nourished and other group was malnourished. Conclusion: the diarrhoea of malnourished and low socioeconomic status of adult patients is more severe, and the incidence of this disease can be reduced by growing awareness as well as improve nutritional and socioeconomic status of those patient groups
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