Treatment Outcome of Severe Acute Malnutrition and Its Determinants among Pediatric Patients in West Ethiopia

Table 5

Results of binary and multivariable logistic regression analysis indicating determinants of treatment outcome of children admitted to pediatric ward of NRH by SAM from November 2015 to April 2017 (n=205).

Variables	Categories	Treatment response of the child		COR(95%CI)	AOR(95%CI) p-value
		Not cured (%)	Cured (%)
Admission criteria	Only edema or kwashiorkor	11(6.1)	20(11.1)	1.00	1.00
	Only wasting or marasmus	24(13.3)	56(31.1)	1.28(0.53,3.08)	1.25(0.34, 4.63)P=0.733
	Both edema and wasting	5(2.8)	50(27.8)	5.50(1.69, 17.85)	8.30(1.72, 40.09)P=0.008
	MUAC	3(1.7)	11(6.1)	2.01(0.46, 8.80)	0.96(0.14, 6.39)P=0.968
Fever	Present	21(11.6)	42(23.3)	1.00	1.00
	Absent	22(12.2)	95(52.8)	2.15(1.07, 4.34)	2.48(0.89, 6.90)P=0.082
Hypothermia	Present	17(9.4)	32(17.8)	1.00	1.00
	Absent	26(14.4)	105(58.3)	2.14(1.03, 4.44)	2.91(1.10, 7.69)P=0.031
Length of stay	7 days	12(6.8)	9(5)	1.00	1.00
	8-14 days	19(10.5)	63(35)	4.42(1.61, 12.07)	3.86(1.01, 14.75)P=0.048
	15-22 days	7(3.9)	48(26.7)	9.14(2.82, 29.54)	10.93(2.18, 54.68)P=0.004
	23 days	5(2.8)	17(9.4)	4.53(1.21, 16.96)	2.53(0.48, 13.16)P=0.270
Pneumonia	Present	19(10.5)	15(8.3)	1.00	1.00
	Absent	24(13.3)	122(67.7)	6.43(2.87, 14.41)	7.82(2.74, 22.29)P=0.001
Anemia	Yes	34(18.8)	91(50.5)	1.00	1.00
	No	9(5)	46(25.5)	1.91(0.84, 4.31)	3.22(1.04, 9.97)P=0.042
Presence of HIV	Yes	9(5)	9(5)	1.00	1.00
	No	16(8.8)	79(43.8)	4.93(1.69, 14.37)	9.21(2.20, 38.54)P=0.002
	unknown	18(10)	49(27.2)	2.72(0.93, 7.93)	6.92(1.63, 29.27)P=0.009