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. 2020 Jan 13;15(1):e0226376. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226376

Table 1. Impact of the PBF-N on some indicators.

Indicators Period Control group Intervention group Impact p-value
Mean N Mean N
Improvement of the performance in the intervention group (significant)
1. MAM cases over the last six months Before 62 45 33 45 +138 <0.001
After 13 45 122 45
2. SAM cases over the last six months Before 40 45 25 45 +53 <0.001
After 42 45 79 45
3.MAM recovery rate over the last six months Before 76% 308 84% 320 +14.7pp 0.007
After 78% 112 97% 327
4.Treatment duration among MAM cases (days) over the last six months Before 71 225 78 252 -29.3 0.047
After 70 77 44 288
5.Treatment duration among SAM cases (days) over the last six months Before 57 304 61 252 -19.5 0.021
After 59 317 43 282
Improvement of the performance in the intervention group but not significant
6.Chronic malnutrition prevalence at community level on the day of the household survey before 53.3% 3100 53.6% 3099 +1.8pp 0.378
after 49.9% 3234 52.0% 3246
Deterioration of the performance but not significant
7.Acute malnutrition prevalence at community level on the day of the household survey before 6.3% 3100 5.8% 3099 +0.5pp 0.634
after 8.8% 3234 8.7% 3246
8.Growth curve mentioned during the consultation on the day of the facility survey (observation of consultation) before 6.2% 260 8.3% 254 -1.11pp 0.763
after 3.8% 263 4.2% 265
9.Growth monitoring sessions regularly organised over the last six months before 80% 45 84.4% 45 +14.8pp 0.152
after 51.1% 45 77.8% 45
10.Growth curve displayed in health booklets on the day of the household survey before 8.1% 2472 12.7% 2445 +6.5pp 0.214
after 1.2% 2946 4.6% 2941
11.False positive rate of acute malnutrition diagnosis on the day of the facility survey (exit interview) before 1.00% 2/205 1.33% 3/226 +1.62pp 0.639
after 0.45% 1/223 1.80% 4/260
12.False negative rate of acute malnutrition on the day of the facility survey (exit interview) before 86.5% 45/52 92.6% 25/27 -0.26pp 0.983
after 80,0% 32/40 88.4% 38/43
13.Anthropometric equipment available and functional on the day of the facility survey before 11% 36 11% 38 +3.97pp 0.693
after 4% 45 7% 45