Prevalence of Failure to Thrive and Associated Risk Factors in In-patients Under 5 Years of Age

Background: Failure to thrive (FTT) is defined as delaying or stopping a child’s growth and mightlead more serious complications, such reduced learning ability, mental physical disability, mortality. Objectives: The present study aimed assess the prevalence of retardation in children under 5 years age its risk factors. Methods: This cross-sectional was conducted on all 2038 admitted Ali Ebne Abitalib Asghar hospitals Zahedan, Iran, 2016. samples entered based census sampling, children’s height, weight, other indices were measured. with confirmed recognized case group. Other regarded controls. parents’ characteristics recorded list provided for this purpose. Data analysis performed SPSS software (version 20) using logistic regression an error level 0.05. Results: Of children, 52.6% male. mean total patients 17.6 ± 4.14 months. failure 747 (36.6%). In study, short stature significantly associated factors parental low household education, high patients’ birth order, dry feeding, place residence, presence background disease (P < 0.05). Nevertheless, not gender, age, polygamy status, complementary gestational > Conclusions: concluded that FTT due socioeconomic studied society. Parental stature, nutrition, residence rural areas most significant