Factors affecting low coverage of the vitamin A supplementation program among young children admitted in an urban diarrheal treatment facility in Bangladesh

Figures & data

Table 1. Factors affecting low coverage of the vitamin A supplementation program among children 12–59 months old admitted in the Dhaka Hospital of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, from 1996 to 2014.

Variable	Did not receive vitamin A within last 6 months N = 2757 (%)	Received vitamin A within last 6 months N = 5892 (%)	P value
Children older than 24 months	1189 (43.1)	1748 (29.7)	<0.001
Female child	1134 (41.1)	2347 (39.8)	0.131
Wasting (WHZ < −2)*	953 (34.6)	1709 (29.0)	<0.001
Stunting (HAZ <\ −2)**	1309 (47.5)	2245 (38.1)	<0.001
Underweight (WAZ <−2)***	1453 (52.7)	2486 (42.2)	<0.001
Illiterate father	1175 (42.6)	1545 (26.2)	<0.001
Illiterate mother	1262 (45.8)	1622 (27.5)	<0.001
Did not receive Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine	152 (6.1)	92 (1.6)	<0.001
Did not receive diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus (DPT) and polio vaccines	150 (6.0)	98 (1.7)	<0.001
Did not receive measles vaccine	446 (17.9)	497 (8.6)	<0.001
Monthly income less than 10,000 BDT (1 USD = 60 BDT, on average)	2196 (81.8)	4139 (71.2)	<0.001
Asset quintile
Richest	470 (17.1)	1433 (24.4)	<0.001
Upper	516 (18.7)	1318 (22.4)
Middle	449 (16.3)	1048 (17.8)
Lower	651 (23.6)	1049 (17.8)
Poorest	667 (24.2)	1037 (17.6)

*Weight for height z score.

**Height for age z score.

***Weight for age z score.

Table 2. Logistic regression showing associated factors to not receiving vitamin A supplementation among children 12–59 months old admitted to the Dhaka Hospital of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, from 1996 to 2014.

Variable	OR (95% CI)
Age > 2 years	1.38 (1.24–1.53), p < 0.001
Female child	1.06 (0.96–1.17), p = 0.24
Illiterate mother	1.43 (1.27–1.64), p < 0.001
Illiterate father	1.3 (1.16–1.50), p < 0.001
Did not receive measles vaccine	1.87 (1.63–2.19), p < 0.001
Asset quintile (lowest two)	1.13 (1.02–1.27), p = 0.036
Monthly income less than 10,000 BDT (1 USD = 60 BDT, on average)	1.21 (1.09–1.41), p = 0.004
Weight-for height z score <−2	0.91 (0.86–1.07), p = 0.19
height-for age z score <−2	1.1 (0.93–1.197), p = 0.38
weight-for-age z score <−2	1.07 (0.92–1.24), p = 0.82

Figure 1. Percentage of children reported to the Dhaka Hospital of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh.