Research Article
Determinants of Oxygen Therapy in Childhood Pneumonia in a Resource-Constrained Region
Table 1
Socio-demographic and general information of the patients.
| Characteristics | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
| Age (in months) | | | 2–11 | 168 | 40 | 12–23 | 137 | 32.6 | 24–35 | 56 | 13.3 | 36–47 | 40 | 9.5 | 48–59 | 19 | 4.5 | Total | 420 | 100.0 | Gender | | | Male | 232 | 55.2 | Female | 188 | 44.8 | Total | 420 | 100.0 | Social class | | | Class 1 | 0 | 0.0 | Class 2 | 0 | 0.0 | Class 3 | 39 | 9.3 | Class 4 | 370 | 80.4 | Class 5 | 11 | 2.4 | Total | 420 | 100.0 | Appropriately immunised | 340 | 81.9 | Overcrowding | 36 | 8.6 | WHO/NCHS classification | | | Weight for height | | | Normal | 245 | 58.3 | Moderate wasting ( score < −2 SD) | 89 | 21.2 | Severe wasting ( score < −3 SD) | 86 | 20.5 | Total | 420 | 100.0 | Weight for age | | | Normal | 270 | 64.3 | Underweight ( score < −2 SD) | 150 | 35.7 | Total | 420 | 100.0 | Height/length for age | | | Normal | 349 | 83.1 | Stunted ( score < −2 SD) | 71 | 16.9 | Total | 420 | 100.0 |
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