Factors associated with mortality in children under five years old hospitalized for severe acute malnutrition in Limpopo province, South Africa, 2014-2018 : a cross-sectional analytic study
dc.contributor.author | Gavhi, Fhatuwani | |
dc.contributor.author | Kuonza, Lazarus R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Musekiwa, Alfred | |
dc.contributor.author | Motaze, Nkengafac Villyen | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-19T06:20:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-04-19T06:20:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-05-08 | |
dc.description | S1 File. Ethical approval letter. | en_ZA |
dc.description | S1 Dataset. Manuscript data. | en_ZA |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND : In South Africa, 30.9% of children under five years with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) died in 2018. We aimed to identify factors associated with mortality among children under five years hospitalized with SAM in Limpopo province, South Africa. METHODS : We conducted a cross-sectional study including children under five years admitted with SAM from 2014 to 2018 in public hospitals of Limpopo province. We extracted socio-demographic and clinical data from hospital records. We used logistic regression to identify factors associated with mortality. FINDINGS : We included 956 children, 50.2% (480/956) male and 49.8% (476/956) female. The median age was 13 months (inter quartile range: 9–19 months). The overall SAM mortality over the study period was 25.9% (248/956). The most common complications were diarrhea, 63.8% (610/956), and lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs), 42.4% (405/956). Factors associated with mortality included herbal medication use (adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR): 2.2, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.4–3.5, p = 0.001), poor appetite (aOR: 2.7, 95% CI: 1.4–5.2, p = 0.003), Mid-upper circumference (MUAC) <11.5 cm (aOR: 3.0, 95% CI: 1.9–4.7, p<0.001), lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) (aOR: 1.6, 95% CI: 1.2–2.0, p<0.001), anemia (aOR: 2.5, 95% CI: 1.1–5.3, p = 0.021), hypoglycemia (aOR: 12.4, 95% CI: 7.1–21.8, p<0.001) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (aOR: 2.3, 95% CI: 1.6–3.3, p<0.001). INTERPRETATION : Herbal medication use, poor appetite, LRTIs, anemia, hypoglycemia, and HIV infection were associated with mortality among children with SAM. These factors should guide management of children with SAM. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH) | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | am2021 | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.plosone.org | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Gavhi, F., Kuonza, L., Musekiwa, A., Motaze, N.V. (2020) Factors associated with mortality in children under five years old hospitalized for Severe Acute Malnutrition in Limpopo province, South Africa, 2014-2018: A cross-sectional analytic study. PLoS ONE 15(5): e0232838. https://DOI.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232838. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1371/journal.pone.0232838 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79485 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © 2020 Gavhi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Mortality | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Children | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Limpopo Province, South Africa | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) | en_ZA |
dc.title | Factors associated with mortality in children under five years old hospitalized for severe acute malnutrition in Limpopo province, South Africa, 2014-2018 : a cross-sectional analytic study | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |
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