A Comparison of Diarrheal Severity Scores in the MAL-ED Multisite Community-Based Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

There is a lack of consensus on how to measure diarrheal severity. Within the context of a multisite, prospective cohort study, we evaluated the performance of a modified Vesikari score (MAL-ED), 2 previously published scores (Clark and CODA [a diarrheal severity score (Community DiarrheA) published by Lee et al]), and a modified definition of moderate-to-severe diarrhea (MSD) based on dysentery and health care worker diagnosed dehydration.

Methods

Scores were built using maternally reported symptoms or fieldworker-reported clinical signs obtained during the first 7 days of a diarrheal episode. The association between these and the risk of hospitalization were tested using receiver operating characteristic analysis. Severity scores were also related to illness eti

SUBMITTER: Lee GO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5084640 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature