Wright, James AGundry, SWConroy, RWood, DDu Preez, MFerro-Luzzi, AGenthe, BettinaKirimi, MMoyo, SMutisi, CNdamba, JPotgieter, N2007-03-162007-06-072007-03-162007-06-072006-03Wright, JA, et al. 2006. Defining episodes of diarrhoea: results from a three-country study in Sub Saharan Africa. Journal Health Population and Nutrition, vol 24(1), pp 8-161606-0997http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1949http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1949The study was conducted to assess the effect of definition of episode on diarrhoeal morbidity and to develop a means of adjusting estimates of morbidity for the definition of episode used. This paper reports on a cohort study of 374 children, aged 9-32 months, in three African countries, which recorded frequency and consistency of stool over a seven-month period. Different definitions of episode were applied to these data to assess their effect on annualized diarrheal morbidity. Adjustment factors were then derived that corrected morbidity for non-standard definitions of episode. Applying non-standard definitions of episode gave estimates of an annualized number of episodes between 38% and 137% of the internationally accepted definition. Researchers should be encouraged to use the standard definition of episode of diarrhoea and to use appropriate field protocols. Where this is not possible, correction factors should be applied, particularly where estimates of diarrhea morbidity are pooled in systematic reviews.181109 bytesapplication/pdfenCopyright: 2006 ICDDRB-Centre Health Population ResearchSub-Saharan AfricaDiarrhoeaEpidemiologyMorbidityDiarrhoeal morbidityArticleWright, J. A., Gundry, S., Conroy, R., Wood, D., Du Preez, M., Ferro-Luzzi, A., ... Potgieter, N. (2006). Defining episodes of diarrhoea: results from a three-country study in Sub Saharan Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1949Wright, James A, SW Gundry, R Conroy, D Wood, M Du Preez, A Ferro-Luzzi, Bettina Genthe, et al "Defining episodes of diarrhoea: results from a three-country study in Sub Saharan Africa." (2006) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1949Wright JA, Gundry S, Conroy R, Wood D, Du Preez M, Ferro-Luzzi A, et al. Defining episodes of diarrhoea: results from a three-country study in Sub Saharan Africa. 2006; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1949.TY - Article AU - Wright, James A AU - Gundry, SW AU - Conroy, R AU - Wood, D AU - Du Preez, M AU - Ferro-Luzzi, A AU - Genthe, Bettina AU - Kirimi, M AU - Moyo, S AU - Mutisi, C AU - Ndamba, J AU - Potgieter, N AB - The study was conducted to assess the effect of definition of episode on diarrhoeal morbidity and to develop a means of adjusting estimates of morbidity for the definition of episode used. This paper reports on a cohort study of 374 children, aged 9-32 months, in three African countries, which recorded frequency and consistency of stool over a seven-month period. Different definitions of episode were applied to these data to assess their effect on annualized diarrheal morbidity. Adjustment factors were then derived that corrected morbidity for non-standard definitions of episode. Applying non-standard definitions of episode gave estimates of an annualized number of episodes between 38% and 137% of the internationally accepted definition. Researchers should be encouraged to use the standard definition of episode of diarrhoea and to use appropriate field protocols. Where this is not possible, correction factors should be applied, particularly where estimates of diarrhea morbidity are pooled in systematic reviews. DA - 2006-03 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Sub-Saharan Africa KW - Diarrhoea KW - Epidemiology KW - Morbidity KW - Diarrhoeal morbidity LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2006 SM - 1606-0997 T1 - Defining episodes of diarrhoea: results from a three-country study in Sub Saharan Africa TI - Defining episodes of diarrhoea: results from a three-country study in Sub Saharan Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1949 ER -