A Retrospective Study to Compute the Prevalence of Pneumonia and its Associated Risk Factors among Children in Selected Tertiary Care Hospital, Kelambakkam, Kancheepuram, Tamilnadu, India

Authors

  • Jegin P.1, Dinesh Kumar M. 2, Dayana J.2, Elakiya E.2, Subbulakshmi S.3

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37506/ijphrd.v11i3.710

Keywords:

Pneumonia, respiratory infection, prevalence, retrospective study, risk factors

Abstract

A Retrospective study to compute the prevalence and associated risk factors of pneumonia among children
at selected tertiary care hospital, Kelambakkam, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu. The objectives are
to determine the prevalence of pneumonia among children, to find out the association between selected
risk factors and the occurrence of pneumonia among children. The convenience sampling was used. Data
collected from the medical records from January 2017 to December 2018. Totally 312 pediatric cases were
admitted for respiratory infection among which 49 cases diagnosed with pneumonia. The data was collected
by using structured selected risk factors tool. The study results shows that the prevalence of pneumonia was
high in the age group of 7 – 12 years and it was highly noted among females. The occurrence of pneumonia
was high in rural area. The study results revealed that the prevalence of pneumonia is high mainly in monsoon
season and also shows that the prevalence is more among children not vaccinated with flu and PCV vaccine.
The study also revealed that the prevalence of pneumonia among children (0 – 18 years) from January 2017
to December 2018 at selected tertiary care hospital, Kelambakkam, Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu, India was
16% and it also shows that there was a significant association between the selected risk factors such as age,
gender, area of residence, season, immunization status and the occurrence of pneumonia at P < 0.05 level.

Author Biography

  • Jegin P.1, Dinesh Kumar M. 2, Dayana J.2, Elakiya E.2, Subbulakshmi S.3

    1Student Researcher, 2B.Sc. Nursing Students, 3Professor, Chettinad College of Nursing, Chettinad Academy of
    Research & Education, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Kelambakkam, Kancheepuram District, Tamilnadu, India

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Published

2020-03-26

How to Cite

A Retrospective Study to Compute the Prevalence of Pneumonia and its Associated Risk Factors among Children in Selected Tertiary Care Hospital, Kelambakkam, Kancheepuram, Tamilnadu, India. (2020). Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 11(3), 131-133. https://doi.org/10.37506/ijphrd.v11i3.710