Burden and risk factors for relapse following successful treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition in young children: Secondary analysis from a randomised trial in Niger
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Lilia Bliznashka; Kyra H. Grantz; Jérémie Botton; Fatou Berthé; Souna Garba; Kerstin E. Hanson; Rebecca F. Grais; Sheila Isanaka
- Source
- Maternal and Child Nutrition, Vol 18, Iss 4, Pp n/a-n/a (2022)
- Subject
- community‐based management of acute malnutrition
discharge
hospitalisation
Niger
relapse
severe acute malnutrition
Pediatrics
RJ1-570
Gynecology and obstetrics
RG1-991
Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases
RC620-627
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1740-8709
1740-8695
Abstract This study aimed to quantify the burden of relapse following successful treatment for uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and to identify associated risk factors in rural Niger. We used data from 1490 children aged 6−59 months discharged as recovered from an outpatient nutritional programme for SAM and followed for up to 12 weeks after admission. Postdischarge SAM relapse was defined as weight‐for‐height Z‐score