Time to recovery and its predictors among under five children in outpatient therapeutic feeding programme in Borena zone, Southern Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to assess the time to recovery and its predictors among 6-59 months aged children treated at an outpatient therapeutic feeding programme in Borena zone.

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Facility based; 23 treatment sites included in this study.

Participants

Among the cohorts of 601 children aged 6-59 months enrolled from July 2019 to June 2021, records of 590 children were selected using systematic random sampling. Transfers and incomplete records were excluded.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Time to recovery was a main outcome while its predictors were secondary outcomes.

Results

The median recovery time was 49 days (95% CI=49 to 52) with a recovery rate of 79.8% (95% CI=76.4 to 83.0). Absence of co

SUBMITTER: Kitesa GY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10503381 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature