Peer-reviewed article
Differences of Born Body Length, History of Infectious Diseases, and Development between Stunting and Non-Stunting Toddlers
Dewi Fitria Permatasari, Sri Sumarmi ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This study compared 34 stunted and 34 non-stunted children aged 24-36 months in Indonesia to understand the differences between the two groups. The researchers measured birth length, history of infections, and developmental status using the Denver Developmental Screening Test. Children who were stunted had significantly lower birth length, more frequent infectious disease histories, and delayed development compared to non-stunted children.
Key points
- Birth length was significantly different between stunting and non-stunting groups (p=0.01)
- History of infectious diseases was significantly associated with stunting status (p=0.01)
- Developmental delays were significantly more common in stunted children (p=0.01)
- Study compared matched groups of 34 stunted versus 34 non-stunted toddlers
- Stunting reflects inadequate nutrition and recurring infections in the first 1,000 days of life
Limitations
This is a case-control study with a small sample size from a single health centre catchment area in Surabaya, so findings may not generalise to other regions of Indonesia or other countries. The study shows association between variables but cannot establish causality or determine which factor is most important in causing stunting.
Abstract
ABSTRACTBackground: Stunting reflects the largely result of inadequate nutrition and attacks recurring infections in the first 1.000 days of life, that cause in develepmental obstacles. Purpose: This study was to analyze the differences born body length, history of infectious diseases, development between stunting, and non stunting children age 24-36 months. Methods: The type of this research was observational analytic with case control study. The sample size was 68 toddlers consist of 34 stunting childrens as case group and 34 non stunting children as control group in the catchment area of Jagir Public Helath Center in Surabaya. Sampling technique using simple random sampling. The observed variabls were born body length, history of infectious diseases, and child development. The data were collected using microtoise, questionnaire, and Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) sheets. Data were analyzed using chi square test. Results: This research showed significancy between stunting and non stunting children with difference of born body length (p = 0,01), history of infectious diseases (p = 0,01), and toddlers’ development (p = 0,01). Conclusion: There were difference variables of born body length, history of infectious diseases, and development between stunting and non stunting children age 24-36 months.