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Association of nutritional status with anemia on malaria patient with dihydroartemisinin pippperaquine treatment in Southwest Sumba 2015
Meliahsari R.
ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Abstract
This study was conducted to understand relationship between nutritional status with anemia in malaria patients with Dihydroartemisinin Pipperaquine (DHA-P) in Southest Sumba. The study was designed as longitudinal study by examined 44 patients suffered from P. falciparum and P.vivax. The univariate analysis was based on age, gender, infection types, nutritional status and anemia. Meanwhile, bivariate analysis was used to observe the relationship between dependent variable and independent variable. The DHA-P efficacy was 100% successful on 42 days for malaria patients. There was a significant chance in nutritional status with weight/height and body mass index/age indicators, where body weight had increased after treatment. In additions, there was significant recovery in anemia status between pre and post treatment. Besides, DHA-P efficacy had improved nutritional status and anemia status after treatment. There was significant relationship between nutritional status and anemia status after treatment.