Research Article
Treatment Outcome of Severe Acute Malnutrition Cases at the Tamale Teaching Hospital
Table 5
Length of stay and treatment outcomes among cured children under different admission criteria.
| Outcome/admission criteria | | Mean | Std. deviation |
95% confidence interval for mean | Test statistic | Lower bound | Upper bound |
| MUAC on discharge | | | | | | | MUAC < 115 mm | 98 | 13.2 | 0.66 | 13.04 | 13.31 | | Bilateral pitting oedema | 19 | 13.6 | 1.15 | 13.03 | 14.14 | Total | 117 | 13.2 | 0.77 | 13.10 | 13.38 | Discharge weight | | | | | | | MUAC < 115 mm | 98 | 8.8 | 1.83 | 8.47 | 9.21 | | Bilateral pitting oedema | 19 | 9.9 | 1.31 | 9.30 | 10.57 | Total | 117 | 9.0 | 1.80 | 8.69 | 9.35 | Number of days on treatment | | | | | | | MUAC < 115 mm | 98 | 8.4 | 5.13 | 7.35 | 9.41 | .9 | Bilateral pitting oedema | 19 | 8.5 | 5.91 | 5.63 | 11.32 | Total | 117 | 8.4 | 5.24 | 7.43 | 9.35 |
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