Table 1 Descriptive summary of 21 included studies on treatment outcomes of SAM among under-five children admitted to a stabilization center in Ethiopia
Authors name | Publication year | Study region | Types of hospital | Study design | Age of participants | Sample size | Death rate (%) | Recovery rate (%) | Defaulter rate (%) | Not recovered (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amsalu S [51] | 2006 | Amhara | Referral | cross sectional | < 59 months | 335 | 18.2 | 71.6 | 8.9 | – |
G/Michael et al. [20] | 2014 | Tigray | Referral | cohort | 6–59 months | 469 | 12.8 | 69.7 | 12.1 | 5.9 |
Chane et al. [59] | 2014 | Amhara | Others | cross sectional | < 59 months | 324 | 6 | 84.8 | 4.9 | 4.0 |
Ahmed M [82] | 2014 | Addis Ababa | Referral | cross sectional | 6–59 months | 193 | 12.4 | 75.1 | 12.4 | – |
Misganaw C [18] | 2014 | Oromia | Referral | cross sectional | < 59 months | 173 | 5.7 | 87.6 | 6.9 | – |
Wegen S. et al. [43] | 2015 | SNNP | Referral | Cross-sectional | < 59 months | 151 | 15.2 | 69.5 | 15.2 | – |
Delelegn Y [58] | 2015 | SNNP | Others | cohort | 6–59 months | 420 | 9.3 | 82.3 | 5.7 | 2.6 |
Kebede S [17] | 2015 | Amhara | Others | cohort | < 59 months | 415 | 29 | 46.9 | 20.9 | 2.9 |
Jarso et al. [48] | 2015 | Oromia | Referral | cohort | < 59 months | 947 | 9.3 | 77.8 | 12.8 | – |
Tadele, [54] | 2016 | SNNP | Referral | cohort | < 59 months | 449 | 12.4 | – | – | – |
Firehiwot [57] | 2016 | Dire-Dawa | Referral | cohort | < 59 months | 617 | 7.6 | 69.8 | 14.2 | 11.2 |
Abeje et al. [52] | 2016 | Amhara | Referral | cross sectional | < 59 months | 298 | 11.7 | 68.4 | 19.8 | – |
Mekuria et al. [22] | 2017 | Amhara | Others | cohort | 6–59 months | 253 | 5.5 | 77.8 | 12.2 | 4.3 |
Kabeta A [49] | 2017 | SNNP | Others | cohort | < 59 months | 191 | 16 | 78.0 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
Wagnew et al. [23] | 2017 | Amhara | Referral | cohort | < 59 months | 527 | 12.52 | 67.7 | 17.8 | 1.9 |
Desyalew et al. [55] | 2017 | Amhara | Referral | cross sectional | 6–59 months | 401 | 8.5 | 76.8 | 12.9 | 0.5 |
Girum, [21] | 2017 | SNNP | Others | cohort | < 59 months | 545 | 9.3 | 76.1 | 4.7 | 9.7 |
Admasu A, et al. [56] | 2017 | SNNP | Referral | cohort | < 59 months | 340 | 8.8 | 75.5 | 10 | 5.6 |
Tirore et al. [16] | 2017 | Amhara | Referral | cross sectional | < 59 months | 195 | 3.5 | 43.5 | 43.6 | 9.2 |
Asres et al. [19] | 2018 | Amara | Referral | cohort | < 59 months | 401 | 4.2 | 51.8 | 35.6 | 8.2 |
Behilu T et al. [50] | 2018 | Amhara | Others | cohort | < 59 months | 413 | 5.8 | 55.9 | 16.2 | – |