Risk Factors of Upper Respiratory Tract Infection among Children: A Case Study at Combined Military Hospital, Dhaka

Abstract

The children constitute a large proportion of the total population of Bangladesh are a vulnerable or special risk group, deserving special health care as the child mortality and morbidity risks are much higher than older age. This descriptive type of cross-sectional study was carried out at Combined Military Hospital, Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka during first week of July 2024 to last week of December 2024 with an aim to find out Risk Factor of Upper Respiratory Tract Infection among Under Five Children. A total of 71 children were purposively selected and data was collected by administering semi-structured questionnaire. Out of total 71 respondents maximum age 26(36.6%) of the children were in between 1-10 months and minimum age 4(5.6%) of the children were in between 51-60 months. The present study revealed that among all respondents’ maximum educational level of respondents 22(31.1%) were HSC. According to monthly family income, most of the respondents 28(39.4%) monthly family income were 21000-30000/- Taka. Considering the seasonal variation, most of the children 43(60.6%) had suffered due to seasonal variation. The present study depicted that most of the children 57(80.3%) were completed their vaccination according to EPI schedule. It was evident from the study among the respondents 66(93.01%) had well lighted facilities. This study depicts that minimum of respondents’ family members 17(23.9%) were smoker. The present study showed that among the URTI cases, there were 11(10.9%) malnourished children. (Bezerra et al. 2011)