Time to recovery and determinants of severe acute malnutrition among 6–59 months children treated at outpatient therapeutic programme in North Gondar zone, Northwest Ethiopia: a prospective follow up study

Autor: Worku Nigussu Mamo, Terefe Derso, Kassahun Alemu Gelaye, Temesgen Yihunie Akalu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Italian Journal of Pediatrics, Vol 45, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1824-7288
DOI: 10.1186/s13052-019-0732-9
Popis: Abstract Background Despite the available interventions to tackle nutritional problems, there is scarce information on time to recovery and its determinants among children with SAM in Ethiopia. Objective This study was aimed at finding the time to recovery and determinants among 6–59 months children with severe acute malnutrition treated at an outpatient therapeutic programme in North Gondar zone, northwest Ethiopia. Methods Facility based prospective follow up study was conducted from March 24 to May 24, 2017. A total of 408 children with the age of 6–59 months were included in the study. Structured interviewer administered questionnaire was used. Anthropometric measurements were conducted every week. The median time of recovery, Kaplan Meier (KM) curve, and log rank test were computed. Both bi-variable and multivariable Cox regression model was fitted. To establish an association between time to recovery and its determinants 95% confidence interval (CI) and p-value
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