Risk Factors of Wasting-Based Malnutrition in the Flood-Affected Areas of Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Study

ABSTRACT

The current study aimed to find the risk factors of wasting in flood-affected areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Sociodemographic and anthropometric data was collected. Children living in large family are 2.59 times more likely to be wasted (AOR = 2.59, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.10, 6.10; p value = .029) and children living in medium size family are 2.23 times more likely to be wasted (AOR = 2.23, 95% CI: 1.03, 4.80; p value = .04) as compared to children in small family size. The study underscores the need for targeted interventions to address the identified risk factors and mitigate the impact of flooding on child nutrition.

KEYWORDS:

• Flood
• malnutrition; wasting
• risk factors
• sanitation

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Ethical approval

This study was conducted according to the guidelines laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki and all procedures involving research study participants. This study was approved by the ethical committee of the Department of Math’s, Stats & Computer science, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan.

Financial Support

HEC funded project.

Additional information

Funding

The work was supported by the Higher Education Commission, Pakistan .