Diagnostic Accuracy of Mid-Upper Arm Circumference for the Detection of Acute Malnutrition Among Children Aged 6-60 Months: A Diagnostic Accuracy Study

Timely and accurate screening of malnutrition at the community level is essential to identifying malnourished children. The World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines classify non-oedematous acute malnutrition among children using mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) or weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ)...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of research in health sciences 2024-06, Vol.24 (2), p.e00612-e00612
Hauptverfasser:	Jasani, Krishna M, Gosalia, Vibha V, Misra, Shobha V
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anthropometry - methods Arm - anatomy & histology Body Weight Child Nutrition Disorders - diagnosis Child, Preschool Cross-Sectional Studies Female Humans Infant Male Malnutrition - diagnosis Mass Screening - methods Original Predictive Value of Tests ROC Curve Sensitivity and Specificity World Health Organization
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Zusammenfassung:	Timely and accurate screening of malnutrition at the community level is essential to identifying malnourished children. The World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines classify non-oedematous acute malnutrition among children using mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) or weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ). A cross-sectional study. This study was conducted among children aged 6‒60 months. After necessary exclusions, 433 participants were selected using a multi-stage simple random sampling method. Using WHO guidelines for global acute malnutrition (GAM) [WHZ
ISSN:	2228-7809 2228-7795 2228-7809
DOI:	10.34172/jrhs.2024.147