Treatment outcome of Severe Acute Malnutrition and associated factors among under-five children in outpatient therapeutics unit in Gubalafto Wereda, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia, 2019.
<h4>Background</h4>In Ethiopia, uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition is managed through the outpatient therapeutic program at health posts level. This brings the services for the management of Severe Acute Malnutrition closer to the community by making services available at decentrali...
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| author | Biruk Beletew Abate Befkad Deresse Tilahun Ayelign Mengesha Kassie Mesfin Wudu Kassaw |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>In Ethiopia, uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition is managed through the outpatient therapeutic program at health posts level. This brings the services for the management of Severe Acute Malnutrition closer to the community by making services available at decentralized treatment points within the primary health care settings. So far, evidence of the treatment outcome of the program is limited.<h4>Objective</h4>The main aim of this study was to determine the magnitude of treatment outcomes of severe acute malnutrition and associated factors among under-five children at outpatient therapeutic feeding units in Gubalafto Wereda, Ethiopia, 2019.<h4>Methods</h4>This was a retrospective cohort study conducted on 600 children who had been managed for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) under Outpatient Therapeutic Program (OTP) in Gubalafto Wereda from April to May/2019. The children were selected using systematic random sampling from 9 health posts. The structured, pre-tested, and adapted questionnaire was used to collect the data. The data was entered by using EPI-data Version 4.2 and exported to SPSS version 24.0 for analysis. Bivariate and Multivariate regression was also carried out to determine the association between dependent and independent variables.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 600 records of children with a diagnosis of severe acute malnutrition were reviewed. Of these cases of malnutrition, the recovery rate was found to be 65%. The death rate, default rate, and medical transfer were 2.0, 16.0, and 17.0 respectively. Immunized children had 6.85 times higher odds of recovery than children who were not immunized (AOR = 6.85 at 95% CI (3.68-12.76)). The likelihood of recovery was 3.78 times higher among children with new admission than those with re-admission (AOR = 3.78at 95% CI ((1.77-8.07))). Likewise, children provided with amoxicillin were 3.38 times recovered than their counterparts (AOR = 3.38 at 95% CI ((1.61-7.08))). SAM treatment in OTP is beneficial because of its local access for most severe cases since children reach early before developing complications as a result fatalities will be reduced.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The recovery rate and medical transfer were lower than the sphere standard. Presence of cough, presence of diarrhea admission category, provision of amoxicillin, and immunization status were factors identified as significantly associated with treatment outcome of severe acute malnutrition. The impact on increasing the recovery rates of children treated using the OTP service indicates the potential benefits of increasing the capacity of such services across a target region on child mortality/recovery. Timely intervention is another benefit of a more local service like OTP. Building capacity of OTP service providers and regular monitoring of service provision based on the management protocol was recommended. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4bb4d3f354b4496e8a049cdd4ca935fd2022-12-21T19:08:26ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032020-01-01159e023823110.1371/journal.pone.0238231Treatment outcome of Severe Acute Malnutrition and associated factors among under-five children in outpatient therapeutics unit in Gubalafto Wereda, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia, 2019.Biruk Beletew AbateBefkad Deresse TilahunAyelign Mengesha KassieMesfin Wudu Kassaw<h4>Background</h4>In Ethiopia, uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition is managed through the outpatient therapeutic program at health posts level. This brings the services for the management of Severe Acute Malnutrition closer to the community by making services available at decentralized treatment points within the primary health care settings. So far, evidence of the treatment outcome of the program is limited.<h4>Objective</h4>The main aim of this study was to determine the magnitude of treatment outcomes of severe acute malnutrition and associated factors among under-five children at outpatient therapeutic feeding units in Gubalafto Wereda, Ethiopia, 2019.<h4>Methods</h4>This was a retrospective cohort study conducted on 600 children who had been managed for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) under Outpatient Therapeutic Program (OTP) in Gubalafto Wereda from April to May/2019. The children were selected using systematic random sampling from 9 health posts. The structured, pre-tested, and adapted questionnaire was used to collect the data. The data was entered by using EPI-data Version 4.2 and exported to SPSS version 24.0 for analysis. Bivariate and Multivariate regression was also carried out to determine the association between dependent and independent variables.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 600 records of children with a diagnosis of severe acute malnutrition were reviewed. Of these cases of malnutrition, the recovery rate was found to be 65%. The death rate, default rate, and medical transfer were 2.0, 16.0, and 17.0 respectively. Immunized children had 6.85 times higher odds of recovery than children who were not immunized (AOR = 6.85 at 95% CI (3.68-12.76)). The likelihood of recovery was 3.78 times higher among children with new admission than those with re-admission (AOR = 3.78at 95% CI ((1.77-8.07))). Likewise, children provided with amoxicillin were 3.38 times recovered than their counterparts (AOR = 3.38 at 95% CI ((1.61-7.08))). SAM treatment in OTP is beneficial because of its local access for most severe cases since children reach early before developing complications as a result fatalities will be reduced.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The recovery rate and medical transfer were lower than the sphere standard. Presence of cough, presence of diarrhea admission category, provision of amoxicillin, and immunization status were factors identified as significantly associated with treatment outcome of severe acute malnutrition. The impact on increasing the recovery rates of children treated using the OTP service indicates the potential benefits of increasing the capacity of such services across a target region on child mortality/recovery. Timely intervention is another benefit of a more local service like OTP. Building capacity of OTP service providers and regular monitoring of service provision based on the management protocol was recommended.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238231 |
| spellingShingle | Biruk Beletew Abate Befkad Deresse Tilahun Ayelign Mengesha Kassie Mesfin Wudu Kassaw Treatment outcome of Severe Acute Malnutrition and associated factors among under-five children in outpatient therapeutics unit in Gubalafto Wereda, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia, 2019. PLoS ONE |
| title | Treatment outcome of Severe Acute Malnutrition and associated factors among under-five children in outpatient therapeutics unit in Gubalafto Wereda, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia, 2019. |
| title_full | Treatment outcome of Severe Acute Malnutrition and associated factors among under-five children in outpatient therapeutics unit in Gubalafto Wereda, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia, 2019. |
| title_fullStr | Treatment outcome of Severe Acute Malnutrition and associated factors among under-five children in outpatient therapeutics unit in Gubalafto Wereda, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia, 2019. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Treatment outcome of Severe Acute Malnutrition and associated factors among under-five children in outpatient therapeutics unit in Gubalafto Wereda, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia, 2019. |
| title_short | Treatment outcome of Severe Acute Malnutrition and associated factors among under-five children in outpatient therapeutics unit in Gubalafto Wereda, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia, 2019. |
| title_sort | treatment outcome of severe acute malnutrition and associated factors among under five children in outpatient therapeutics unit in gubalafto wereda north wollo zone ethiopia 2019 |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238231 |
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