A Feasibility Study to Examine Clinical Variables of Childhood Malnutrition in Guatemala.
Hisp Health Care Int
; 21(3): 158-165, 2023 09.
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| ID: mdl-36617794
Introduction: Guatemala is the country with the highest rate of malnutrition in Latin America and fifth highest worldwide. The objective of this pilot study was to determine the feasibility of examining clinical variables of malnutrition among a subset of children at a Guatemalan Nutrition Rehabilitation Center (NRC). Methods: The study was conducted using a secondary dataset of children admitted and discharged at the NRC in 2018. A total of 42 cases were reviewed. The 12 clinical variables were age, gender, height, weight, nutrition status, referral, diet, secondary diagnoses, medications, supplements, discharge disposition, and time-to-discharge. Results: The two major findings were (a) the lack of access to height and weight at discharge and (b) the inability to verify time-to-recovery. Mean age of participants was 23 months (SD = 12.9). All children were discharged home; median time-to-discharge was 48 days. The Kaplan-Meier analyses indicated that children <2 had slower time-to-discharge (51 days), compared to those older than age 2 (32 days); though not statistically significant. Conclusion: Findings of this study provide valuable data to inform ways NRC leadership can better report child health outcomes. International community-academic partnership could contribute to understanding malnutrition and time-to-recovery.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Desnutrição
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
America central
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Guatemala
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Hisp Health Care Int
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos