Table 1 Baseline socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of under-five children during SAM inpatient treatment in Pawe Hospital
Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 6–24 months | 458 | 60.26 |
25–48 months | 219 | 28.82 | |
48–60 months | 83 | 10.92 | |
Gender | Male | 333 | 43.82 |
Female | 427 | 56.18 | |
Resident | Rural | 556 | 73.16 |
Urban | 204 | 26.84 | |
Maternal education status | Formally educated | 516 | 67.89 |
Had no formal education | 244 | 32.11 | |
Anemia |  ≥ 10 mg/dl | 511 | 67.24 |
 < 10 mg/dl | 249 | 32.76 | |
Nasogastric intubation | Yes | 318 | 41.84 |
No | 442 | 58.16 | |
Vomiting | Yes | 539 | 70.92 |
No | 221 | 29.08 | |
Diarrheas | Yes | 409 | 53.82 |
No | 351 | 46.18 | |
Types of malnutrition | Marasmus | 431 | 56.71 |
Marasmus–Kwashiorkor | 230 | 30.26 | |
Kwashiorkor | 99 | 13.03 | |
Blood transfusion | Yes | 168 | 22.11 |
No | 592 | 77.89 | |
Breastfeeding | Yes | 465 | 61.18 |
No | 295 | 38.82 | |
Edema grading | No | 425 | 55.92 |
Grade+ | 277 | 36.45 | |
Grade++ | 40 | 5.26 | |
Grade+++ | 18 | 2.37 | |
Vitamin A supplementation | Yes | 584 | 76.84 |
No | 176 | 23.16 | |
Folic acids supplementation | Yes | 525 | 69.08 |
No | 235 | 30.92 | |
MUAC |  ≤ 115 mm | 131 | 17.24 |
 > 115 mm | 629 | 82.76 | |
Pneumonia | Yes | 452 | 59.47 |
No | 308 | 40.53 | |
TB | Yes | 45 | 5.92 |
No | 715 | 94.08 | |
Number of families |  ≤ 2 | 243 | 31.97 |
3–4 | 419 | 55.13 | |
 ≥ 5 | 98 | 12.89 | |
Admission types | New | 685 | 90.13 |
Re-admission | 75 | 9.8 | |
Deworming | Yes | 331 | 43.55 |
No | 429 | 56.45 | |
Amoxicillin | Given | 624 | 82.11 |
Not given | 136 | 17.89 | |
Vaccination status | Completed | 572 | 75.26 |
Not completed | 188 | 24.74 | |
HIV infection | Positive | 42 | 5.53 |
Negative | 718 | 94.47 | |
Skin infection | Yes | 290 | 38.16 |
No | 470 | 61.84 | |
Zink supplementation | Yes | 349 | 45.9 |
No | 411 | 54.08 | |
IV fluid given/transfusion | Yes | 190 | 25.00 |
No | 570 | 75.00 | |
IV antibiotics | Missed/not given | 567 | 74.61 |
Given | 193 | 25.39 | |
Ampicillin and/or Gentamicin | Given | 604 | 79.47 |
Not given | 156 | 20.53 | |
F-75 formula milk | Completed | 734 | 96.5 |
Not completed | 26 | 3.42 | |
F-100 formula milk | Completed | 715 | 94.1 |
Not completed | 45 | 5.9 |