Table 3.
Programme outcomes in children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) discharged from malnutrition treatment centres in Jharkhand, India, 1 July 2009–30 June 2011
| Children with complicated SAM* | Children with uncomplicated SAM† | All children with SAM‡ | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | ||||||
| Discharged, all children | ||||||||||||
| Average weight gain (g/kg body weight per d) | 9·2 | 5·3 | 9·7 | 9·6 | 9·6 | 8·4 | ||||||
| Average length of stay (d) | 16·2 | 5·4 | 15·9 | 6·0 | 16·0 | 5·7 | ||||||
| Number of children | 993 | 1777 | 2770 | |||||||||
| Discharged, recovered§ | ||||||||||||
| Average weight gain (g/kg body weight per d) | 13·6 | 5·3 | 15·3 | 3·0 | 14·7 | 3·2 | ||||||
| Average length of stay (d) | 17·5 | 6·6 | 18·0 | 7·4 | 17·8 | 7·1 | ||||||
| Number of children | 392 | 698 | 1090 | |||||||||
| Discharged, non-recovered∥ | ||||||||||||
| Average weight gain (g/kg body weight per d) | 6·4 | 2·9 | 6·1 | 3·3 | 6·2 | 3·2 | ||||||
| Average length of stay (d) | 15·3 | 4·2 | 14·6 | 4·3 | 14·9 | 4·2 | ||||||
| Number of children | 601 | 1079 | 1680 | |||||||||
*SAM with oedema and/or medical complications.
†SAM without oedema or medical complications.
‡Children with complicated or uncomplicated SAM.
§Children with a weight gain ≥15 % of initial weight.
∥Children with a weight gain <15 % of initial weight.