Open AccessTime to Cure and Predictors of Recovery Among Children Aged 6–59 Months with Severe Acute Malnutrition Admitted in Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Robel Hussen Kabthymer,
Getu Gizaw,
Tefera Belachew
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.868
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 1179-1349
DOI - 10.2147/clep.s265107
Subject(s) - medicine , malnutrition , severe acute malnutrition , retrospective cohort study , cohort , pediatrics , center (category theory) , cohort study , chemistry , crystallography
Treatment at a stabilization center is an important intervention to avert the huge burden of mortality for children with complicated severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Despite the improvement in hospital coverage and the development of standardized WHO treatment guidelines, recent reviews indicated a wide range in recovery rate (34-88%) due to several context-specific factors. This study aimed to estimate time to recovery and to determine predictors of time to recovery among children aged 6-59 months with severe acute malnutrition.