Nutrition rehabilitation in hospital--a waste of time and money? Evaluation of nutrition rehabilitation in a rural district hospital in South-west Tanzania. II. Long-term results
1987
Van Roosmalen-Wiebenga, M.W. | Kusin, J.A. | With, C. de
A study evaluated the effectiveness of a Tanzanian hospital-based nutrition rehabilitation program in terms of mortality, relapse rate, and nutritional status of 87% of 647 children treated for severe malnutrition and followed-up for over a year after hospital discharge. Of these, 75% remained in good health status with notable weight (but not height) catch-up. Mortality incidence, malnutrition relapses, and incidence of residual clinical malnutrition signs in this population were 8%, 13% and 4%, respectively. The weight for height (W/H) ratio at discharge was not found to be a predictor of the results.(wz)
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