Table 1. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of noma patients at the MSF supported "Noma Children Hospital" in Sokoto, Nigeria between May 2018-May 2020.
| Characteristic | Frequency |
Percentage | Mean (Standard deviation) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) (n = 90) | 5(5) | |||
| Age group | 0–3 | 44 | 47.8% | |
| >3 | 46 | 50.0% | ||
| Number of physiotherapy sessions completed | -- | -- | -- | 11(6) |
| Sex (n = 91) | -- | |||
| Male | 44 | 47.8% | ||
| Female | 47 | 51.1% | ||
| Length of Hospital stay (days) | -- | -- | -- | 25(16) |
| Caregiver relationship | -- | |||
| Primary caregiver | 72 | 78.3% | ||
| Not primary caregiver | 8 | 8.7% | ||
| Defect Site (n = 91) | -- | |||
| Cheek | 72 | 78.3% | ||
| Lip | 11 | 11.9% | ||
| Nose | 6 | 6.5% | ||
| No defect | 2 | 2.2% | ||
| Sequestrectomy (n = 81) | -- | |||
| Yes | 26 | 28.3% | ||
| No | 55 | 59.8% | ||