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Table 4 Unadjusted and adjusted mean length of stay and odds of recovery for OTP in 2019 and 2021 by child characteristics and protocol

From: Simplified treatment protocols improve recovery of children with severe acute malnutrition in South Sudan: results from a mixed methods study

 

Mean length of stay (in days)

Odds of recovery

 

Point

(95% CI)

p-value

OR

(95% CI)

p-value

Unadjusted model

      

 Protocol type

      

 Full standard protocol

Reference group

 

Reference group

 

 Partially adapted: admission only

− 9.96

(− 10.91–9.01)

 < 0.001

0.87

(0.77–0.97)

0.014

 Partially adapted: admission + dosing

− 6.86

(− 7.89–5.82)

 < 0.001

2.89

(2.41–3.47)

 < 0.001

 Full adapted protocol

− 10.86

(− 12.26–9.46)

 < 0.001

4.02

(3.06–5.28)

 < 0.001

Adjusted modela

      

 Protocol type

      

 Full standard protocol

Reference group

 

Reference group

 

 Partially adapted: admission only

− 28.35

(− 30.18–26.51)

 < 0.001

2.56

(2.18–3.01)

 < 0.001

 Partially adapted: admission + dosing

− 5.09

(− 6.15–4.03)

 < 0.001

1.78

(1.45–2.19)

 < 0.001

 Full adapted protocol

− 3.01

(− 5.05–0.98)

0.004

2.41

(1.69–3.45)

 < 0.001

 Age (months)

− 0.02

(− 0.06–0.02)

0.294

1.00

(1.00–1.01)

0.406

 Female sex

− 0.15

(− 0.90–0.61)

0.701

1.12

(1.00–1.26)

0.042

 MUAC at admission (in mm)

− 0.77

(− 0.87–0.67)

 < 0.001

1.14

(1.13–1.15)

 < 0.001

 ICC (NGO)

0.1553

0.1143

 N

13,451

14,774

  1. ICC Intraclass correlation coefficient, OR Odds ratio
  2. aModels also included NGO as a random effect