ArticleEpidemiology and health2020
Recovery time from severe acute malnutrition and associated factors among under-5 children in Yekatit 12 Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study.
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- Recovery rate and predictors of severe acute malnutrition among under-five children admitted to therapeutic feeding units in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2025Article
- Recovery time and associated factors of severe acute malnutrition in children aged 0-59 months admitted to referral hospitals in Tanzania: an institution-based prospective cohort study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Treatment outcomes and associated factors of severe acute malnutrition among under-5 children in Jigjiga public hospitals, Somali region, Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study.BMJ public health · 2025Article
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- Predictors of recovery from severe acute malnutrition among 6-59 months children admitted to a hospital.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Determinants of recovery time from severe acute malnutrition among cholera-exposed and unexposed children in Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Recovery time and its predictors of severe acute malnutrition among under five children admitted at the therapeutic feeding center of Hiwot Fana comprehensive specialized hospital, eastern Ethiopia, 2024: a semi-parametric model.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Impact of malnutrition on the outcome and length of hospital stay in elective pediatric surgical patients: prospective cohort study at tertiary hospitals in Ethiopia.BMC nutrition · 2023Article
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- Treatment outcomes among children admitted stabilization centers in Eastern Ethiopia: retrospective study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Severe acute malnutrition's recovery rate still below the minimum standard: predictors of time to recovery among 6- to 59-month-old children in the healthcare setting of Southwest Ethiopia.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2022Article
- Assessment, outcomes and implications of multiple anthropometric deficits in children.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2021Article
- Risk factors for severe acute malnutrition among children aged 6-59 months: A community-based case-control study from Vellore, Southern India.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesRecovery time from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is often a neglected topic despite its clinical impact. Although a few studies have examined nutritional recovery time, the length of hospitalization in those studies varied greatly. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the recovery time from SAM and to identify predictors of length of hospitalization among under-5 children.
methodsA retrospective cohort study was conducted among 423 under-5 children with SAM who had been admitted to Yekatit 12 Hospital. Kaplan-Meier analysis was used to estimate time to nutritional recovery, and Cox proportional hazard regression analysis was performed to determine independent predictors.
resultsThe nutritional recovery rate was 81.3%, and the median recovery time was 15.00 days (95% confidence interval [CI], 13.61 to 16.39). Age, daily weight gain per kilogram of body weight, vaccination status, and the existence of at least 1 comorbidity (e.g., pneumonia, stunting, shock, and deworming) were found to be significant independent predictors of nutritional recovery time. The adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) for nutritional recovery decreased by 1.9% for every 1-month increase in child age (aHR, 0.98; 95% CI, 0.97 to 0.99).
conclusionsThe overall nutritional recovery time in this study was within the Sphere standards. However, approximately 13.0% of children stayed in the hospital for more than 28.00 days, which is an unacceptably large proportion. Daily weight gain of ≥8 g/kg, full vaccination, and deworming with albendazole or mebendazole reduced nutritional recovery time. Conversely, older age, pneumonia, stunting, and shock increased nutritional recovery time.
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