Time to readmission and associated factors after post treatment discharge of severe acute malnourished under-five children in Pawe General Hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Relapse or repeated episodes is the admission of a child with the diagnosis of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) after being discharged to a status of treated and cured from a stabilizing center. A child may experience more than one episode of SAM depending on the improvement of the underlying comorbidity. Thus, this study aimed to estimate the time to readmission of SAM and associated factors for under-five children in North West Ethiopia.

Methods

An institution-based retrospective cohort study was employed in 760 files of under-five children spanning from 2014/15 to 2019/20. The data extraction tool was developed from SAM treatment guidelines and medical history sheets. Epi Data version 3.2 and STATA version 14 were used for data entry and final analysis, respecti

SUBMITTER: Kebede F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9270764 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature