Variables (n = 216) | Frequency | Percent |
---|---|---|
Household food security status | ||
Secure | 0 | 0.0 |
Mild | 22 | 10.2 |
Moderate | 53 | 24.5 |
Severe | 141 | 65.3 |
Two-way walking distance to the OTP | ||
Less than an hour | 118 | 54.6 |
More than an hour | 98 | 45.4 |
Visited at home by HEWs during the treatment | ||
Yes | 67 | 31.0 |
No | 149 | 69.0 |
Receiving nutrition education during the treatment | ||
Yes | 147 | 68.1 |
No | 69 | 31.9 |
Nutritional diagnosis at admission | ||
Marasmus | 147 | 68.1 |
Kwashiorkor | 69 | 31.9 |
Ailment in the past 2 weeks | ||
Diarrhoea | 115 | 42.4 |
Cough | 34 | 12.5 |
Fever | 122 | 45.1 |
Breastfeeding status at admission | ||
Still breastfeeding | 103 | 47.7 |
Stopped breastfeeding | 113 | 52.3 |
Dietary diversity score at admission | ||
Suboptimal (< 4) | 197 | 91.2 |
Optimal (≥4) | 19 | 8.8 |
RUTF sharing at first follow-up | ||
Yes | 76 | 35.2 |
No | 140 | 64.8 |
RUTF selling during the first week | ||
Yes | 45 | 20.8 |
No | 171 | 79.2 |
Caregivers perception on RUTF | ||
Food and medicine | 87 | 40.3 |
Food for SAM child | 53 | 24.5 |
Medicine for SAM child | 76 | 35.2 |