Table 2 Occurrence of diseases (percentage) among admitted children (n = 1057)
From: Effect of the 2015 earthquake on pediatric inpatient pattern at a tertiary care hospital in Nepal
Based on district of residence* | Based on direct effects on family/house | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Disease/condition | Not affected districts (n = 470) | Affected districts (n = 586) | p-value | Not substantially affected (n = 730) | Substantially affected (n = 327) | p-value |
Pneumonia | 17 | 26.6 | < 0.001 | 20.8 | 25.7 | 0.079 |
Sepsis | 18.1 | 13.3 | 0.033 | 16.4 | 13.1 | 0.171 |
Fever without a focus | 4.89 | 1.71 | 0.003 | 3.97 | 1.22 | 0.018 |
AGN/PSGN | 1.1 | 4.3 | 0.002 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 0.059 |
A/c Gastroenteritis | 0.9 | 2.6 | 0.038 | 1 | 3.7 | 0.002 |
Anemia | 4 | 0.9 | 0.001 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.015 |
Infective conditions* | 55.7 | 67.9 | < 0.001 | 61.3 | 64.6 | 0.047 |
Respiratory Infections | 23.0 | 33.8 | < 0.001 | 28.1 | 30.9 | 0.353 |
GI Infections | 7.2 | 9.7 | 0.151 | 7.5 | 11 | 0.063 |