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Table 2 Nutritional and related characteristics of children with SAM enrolled in OTP

From: Time-to-recovery from severe acute malnutrition in children 6–59 months of age enrolled in the outpatient treatment program in Shebedino, Southern Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study

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