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| Title |
Association between stunting and neuro-psychological outcomes among children in Burkina Faso, West Africa
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| Published in |
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, June 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13034-018-0236-1 |
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| Authors |
Anselme Simeon Sanou, Abdoulaye Hama Diallo, Penny Holding, Victoria Nankabirwa, Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen, Grace Ndeezi, James K. Tumwine, Nicolas Meda, Thorkild Tylleskär, Esperance Kashala-Abotnes |
| Abstract |
In Burkina Faso, stunting affects children and is a public health problem. We studied the association between stunting and child's neuro-psychological outcomes at 6-8 years of age in rural Burkina Faso using the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, 2nd edition (KABC-II), the Children's Category Test 1 (CCT-1) and the Test of Variable of Attention (TOVA). We re-enrolled children of a previously community-based Exclusive breastfeeding trial in Burkina Faso. We assessed a total of 532 children aged 6-8 years using KABC-II for memory (Atlantis and Number Recall subtests), spatial abilities (Conceptual Thinking, Face Recognition and Triangle subtests), reasoning (Block Counting subtest), general cognition and CCT-1 for cognitive flexibility. A total 513 children were assessed using the TOVA to measure attention and inhibition. We calculated the Cohen's d to examine the effect size and conducted a linear regression to examine the association. The proportion of stunting was 15.6% (83/532). Stunted children performed significantly poorer for memory (Atlantis and Number Recall), spatial abilities (Conceptual Thinking, Face Recognition and Triangle), general cognition and attention with a small effect size compared to non-stunted children. Children who were exposed scored significantly higher errors for cognitive flexibility and inhibition with a small effect size compared to unexposed children. At standardized and unstandardized multivariable regression analysis, stunted children performed significantly poorer for Atlantis (p = 0.001), Number Recall (p = 0.02), Conceptual Thinking (p = 0.01), Triangle (p = 0.001), general cognition (p ≤ 0.0001) and attention (p = 0.04) compared to non-stunted children. Children who were exposed scored significantly higher errors for cognitive flexibility (p = 0.02) and for inhibition (p = 0.02) compared to unexposed children. We adjusted all the results for age, schooling, sex, playing, father education, mother employment and promotion of previous exclusive breastfeeding. Stunting is associated with poorer neuro-psychological outcomes among children in rural Burkina Faso. Initiatives related to prevention need to be established and advice on nutrition need to be provided. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 225 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 23 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 22 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 17 | 8% |
| Researcher | 16 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 6% |
| Other | 33 | 15% |
| Unknown | 101 | 45% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 45 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 23 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 12 | 5% |
| Psychology | 11 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 25 | 11% |
| Unknown | 102 | 45% |
Attention Score in Context
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#8
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