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Table 6 Treatment outcomes in intervention group compared to control group, adjusted for sex, oedema and MUAC at admission

From: The effectiveness of treatment for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) delivered by community health workers compared to a traditional facility based model

 

Intervention

Control

RR

p

N

%

N

%

[95% CI]

Discharged from OTP

617

 

212

   

 Cured

581

94.2

187

88.2

1.89(1.09–3.27)

0.022

 Defaulted

28

4.5

23

10.8

0.43(0.24–0.77)

0.005

 Died

5

0.8

2

0.9

1.15(0.21–6.05)

0.868

 Non respondent

3

0.5

0

0%

NA

NA

Transfers

81

 

22

   

Transferred to another OTP

18

22.2

5

22.7

0.56(0.16–1.96)

0.371

Referred to Stabilisation Centre (SC)

63

77.8

17

77.3

2.25(0.66–7.61)

0.192

Readmission into OTP when discharged from SCa

51

80.9

11

64.7

NA

NA

Lost to Follow-Up

12

19.1

6

35.3

NA

NA

  1. a Outcomes included in “Discharged from OTP”