Children discharged following nutritional rehabilitation: a follow-up study.
The results of a 1-year follow up of children discharged from a nutritional rehabilitation centre (NRC) in eastern Nepal are presented. One hundred and one children were visited at home on discharge from the NRC, at 6 months and 1 year later. Data were collected concurrently on one sibling and two neighbouring children matched for age and sex. Anthropometry was carried out at each visit and information collected on socio-economic variables and child feeding practices. A significantly higher death rate was observed in index children as compared with controls. Index children demonstrated catch-up growth with both greater weight gain and faster increases in height than either control group post-discharge. At 6 months, mean weight-for-height was similar in all three groups but at one year mean height-for-age was still lower in the index children as compared with controls. The prognosis for female children appeared to be poorer than for boys.
O'Dwyer
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Children Fund (UK), Nairobi, Kenya.
Gillam
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D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D011379:Prognosis; D017678:Sex Distribution