Survival Status and Its Determinants among Under-Five Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition Admitted to Inpatient Therapeutic Feeding Centers in South Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Table 3

Determinants of time to recovery for under-five children with SAM in ITFCs in South Wollo Zone, northeast Ethiopia, between September 11, 2014, and January 9, 2016.

Variables	Survival status		Crude hazard ratio (95% CI)	value	Adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI)	value
	Recovered	Censored
Age ()
1–24 months	259	86	1.19 (0.87, 1.62)	0.276
25–59 months	47	14	1
Sex ()
Male	198	31	1
Female	108	69	1.08 (0.85, 1.36)	0.549
Place of residence ()
Urban	65	11	1.12 (0.85, 1.47)	0.432
Rural	241	89	1
Clinical diagnosis ()
Kwashiorkor	45	15	1		1
Marasmus	233	75	1.26 (0.91, 1.75)	0.161	1.19 (0.86, 1.66)	0.294
Both Mar-Kwas	28	10	1.34 (0.83, 2.17)	0.228	1.34 (0.83, 2.16)	0.238
Admission status ()
New	296	98	1
Repeat	10	2	0.77 (0.41, 1.45)	0.414
Season of admission ()
Summer	106	11	1.02 (0.75, 1.38)	0.913
Autumn	82	10	1.11 (0.80, 1.53)	0.545
Winter	51	28	1.08 (0.75, 1.56)	0.676
Spring	67	51	1
Appetite test at admission ()
Pass	129	42	1.05 (0.93, 1.17)	0.439
Fail	177	58	1
Breastfeeding status at admission ()
No	87	33	1		1
Yes	219	67	1.39 (1.08, 1.79)	0.010	1.42 (1.10, 1.83)	0.008
Had the child comorbidities ()
No	45	6	1.18 (1.01, 1.38)	0.041	1.44 (1.03, 2.00)	0.031
Yes	261	94	1		1
Type of diarrhea ()
Watery	79	34	0.87 (0.59, 1.29)	0.495
Dysentery	37	14	1
Degree of dehydration ()
No dehydration	73	25	1.11 (0.77, 1.56)	0.558
Some dehydration	40	21	0.96 (0.66, 1.39)	0.813
Severe de	3	2	1
Antibiotic given ()
No	14	6	1
Yes	292	94	0.86 (0.50, 1.47)	0.579
Vitamin A given ()
No	106	40	1
Yes	200	60	1.16 (0.91, 1.47)	0.223
Deworming given ()
No	168	58	1
Yes	138	42	0.99 (0.79, 1.25)
Zinc tab given ()
No			1
Yes			0.91 (0.72, 1.14)	0.403
Immunization status ()
Fully immunized	224	70	1.08 (0.86, 1.34)	0.518	1.82 (0.99, 3.32)	0.053
Up to date	70	23	1.20 (0.94, 1.55)	0.151	1.86 (1.00, 3.50)	0.052
Not yet immunized	12	7	1		1
Paracetamol tab/syrup given ()
No	108	35	1
Yes	198	65	0.92 (0.72, 1.16)	0.463
ReSoMal given ()
No	267	82	1
Yes	39	48	0.98 (0.70, 1.37)	0.901
IV medication given ()
No	156	49	0.94 (0.84, 1.06)	0.314
Yes	150	51	1

NB. value <0.05.