Academic Outcomes in School-Age Children with Stunting and Non-Stunting

Abstract

Stunting is defined as a chronic malnutrition condition for children. The prevalence of children under five suffering from stunting in Indonesia in 2018 is still high at 30%, still very far from the standard set by WHO, which is 20%. With this high enough figure, of course, it will have an impact on the future of the nation's children in the future, one of which is academic achievement. The method used, the study was conducted quantitatively with an observational analytic design with unmatching case-control. The population in this study were all students of SD Negeri in Palembang City. A sample of 150 consisting of 75 stunting cases and 75 controls with the sampling technique, namely the consecutive sampling technique. The analysis used was univariate and bivariate chi-square. The result is that children who are stunted and get less than average academic achievement are 51.72% and whose academic achievement is more than the average is 49.59%, whereas children who are not stunted and get less than average academic achievement. the average is 48.28% and the academic achievement is more than the average is 50.41%. From the bivariate analysis, it was obtained that the value of p = 0.04 and OR = 1.08 (95% CI: 0.446-2.668). The conclusion is that there is a meaningful relationship between the academic achievement of school-age children and stunting status, and children with stunting status have a 1.08 times likelihood of achieving less than average academic achievement.