Survival status and predictors of mortality among severely acute malnourished under-5 children admitted to stabilisation centers in selected government hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2022: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to assess the survival status and predictors of mortality among under-5 children with severe acute malnutrition in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Design

A retrospective cohort study was employed on randomly selected 422 medical records of children under the age of 5 admitted to stabilisation centres in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Survival analysis and Cox regression analysis were conducted to determine time spent before the outcome and predictors of desired outcome.

Settings

The stabilisation centres in four governmental hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Tikur Anbessa Specialised Hospital, Zewditu Memorial Hospital, Yekatit 12 Hospital and Tirunesh Beijing Hospital PARTICIPANTS: Of 435 severely malnourished children under the age of 5 admitted to four g

SUBMITTER: Abdu AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11308885 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature