Table 1 Summary of 19 included studies on treatment outcomes of SAM among under-five children admitted to outpatient therapeutic feeding programs in Ethiopia
Author, Publication year | Study region | Study design | Study period | Study setting | Age (months) | Sample size | Median recovery time in weeks (IQR) | Recovery rate N (%) | Death rate N (%) | Defaulter rate N (%) | Non-recovery N (%) | Quality Scoresa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Degebasa, 2017 [1] | Tigray | Cohort | 2011–2015 | HC | 6–59 | 2009 | – | 1406 (70) | 1 (0.06) | 74 (3.66) | 40 (1.99) | 7 |
Mamo, 2019 [2] | Amhara | Cohort | 2017 | HC | 6–59 | 389 | 5.5 (3.5,7.5) | 254 (65.3) | – | 17 (4.37) | 41 (10.54) | 10 |
Boltena, 2008 [3] | SNNP | Cross sectional | 2008 | HC | < 59 | 355 | – | 329 (92.7) | 11 (3) | 7 (2) | 8 (2.3) | 6 |
Kabalo, 2017 [4] | SNNP | Cross sectional | 2014 | HP | 6–59 | 776 | – | 504 (64.9) | 9 (1.2) | 17 (2.2) | 246 (31.7) | 8 |
Yebyo, 2013 [5] | Tigray | Cohort | 2008–2012 | HC & HP | 6–59 | 628 | – | 388 (61.78) | 87 (13.85) | 19 (3.02) | 56 (8.91) | 10 |
Kabalo,2018 [6] | SNNP | Cohort | 2014–2015 | HP | 0–59 | 582 | – | 396 (68) | 6 (1.57) | 10 (1.72) | 170 (29.2) | 9 |
Kabalo,2016 [7] | SNNP | Cross sectional | 2015 | HP | < 59 | 600 | – | 396 (66) | 4 (0.7) | 10 (1.7) | – | 8 |
Shanka, 2015 [8] | SNNP | Cohort | 2011–2013 | HC & HP | < 59 | 711 | 7.14 (5.28,8.14) | 522 (67.7) | 13 (1.8) | 175 (24.6) | 13 (1.83) | 10 |
Atnafe, 2019 [9] | Dre Dawa | Cohort | 2013–2016 | HC & HP | 6–59 | 713 | 8.7 (5,14) | 569 (79.8) | 4 (0.6) | 80 (11.2) | 42 (5.9) | 10 |
Mengesha,2016 [10] | SNNP | Cohort | 2008–2009 | HP | 6–59 | 348 | 6 | 274 (78.7) | – | – | 74 (21.3) | 9 |
Teshome,2019 [11] | SNNP | Cohort | 2015 | HP | 6–59 | 216 | 5 (4.67,5.33) | 172 (79.6) | – | 8 (3.7) | 36 (16.7) | 9 |
Liben, 2019 [12] | Afar | Cohort | 2017 | HC & HP | 6–59 | 286 | 7 (2.7, 8.1) | 238 (83.2) | 8 (2.8) | 18 (6.3) | 22 (7.7) | 10 |
Tadesse, 2018 [13] | SNNP | Cohort | 2011 | HP | 6–59 | 759 | – | 248 (32.7) | 17 (2.2) | 18 (2.4) | 464 (61.1) | 6 |
Beletew, 2019 [14] | Amhara | Cohort | 2016–2019 | HP | 0–59 | 600 | – | 390 (65) | 12 (2) | 96 (16) | 102 (17) | 8 |
Yorra, 2016 [15] | SNNP | Cohort | 2013–2015 | HC & HP | 6–59 | 602 | – | 414 (68.8) | 8 (1.3) | 145 (24.1) | 21 (3.5) | 7 |
Massa, 2016 [16] | Tigray | Cohort | 2012 | HC & HP | 6–59 | 332 | 7 (4,8) | 255 (76.8) | 2 (0.6) | 58 (17.5) | 17 (5.1) | 10 |
Mokgatle,2015 [17] | Oromia | Cross sectional | 2010 | HP | 6–59 | 163 | – | 114 (69.9) | – | 36 (22.1) | – | 6 |
Teferi,2009 [18] | SNNP | Cohort | 2003–2005 | HC & HP | 0–59 | 12,316 | – | 9871 (80) | 217 (2.5) | – | – | 8 |
Belachew, 2007 [19] | AA, SNNP & Oromia | Cross sectional | 2006 | HC | < 59 | 1010 | – | 554 (55) | 4 (0.4) | 255 (25.2) | 197 (19.5) | 6 |