Health outcomes of malnourished children admitted to the outpatient care
| Randomisation arm | ||||||||||
| Intervention HCs | Control HCs | Difference in mean % | P value | |||||||
| HC 1 n (%) | HC 2 n (%) | HC 3 n (%) | Mean % (95% CI) | HC 4 n (%) | HC 5 n (%) | HC 6 n (%) | Mean % (95% CI) | |||
| 182 | 114 | 134 | 140 | 82 | 84 | |||||
| Cured | 153 (84.1) | 110 (96.5) | 95 (70.9) | 83.8 (71.0 to96.6) | 52 (37.6) | 40 (48.8) | 41 (48.8) | 44.9 (38.2 to51.6) | 38.9 | 0.010 |
| Non-responders | 13 (7.1) | 2 (1.8) | 9 (6.7) | 5.2 (2.2 to 8.2) | 4 (2.9) | 5 (6.1) | 5 (6.0) | 5.0 (3.1 to 6.8) | 0.2 | |
| Defaulters | 2 (1.1) | 2 (1.8) | 2 (1.5) | 1.4 (1.1 to1.8) | 82 (58.6) | 33 (40.2) | 36 (42.9) | 47.2 (37.3 to57.1) | −45.8 | 0.001 |
| OTC transfer | 5 (2.8) | 0 | 4 (3.0) | 1.9 (0.3 to 3.6) | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.2) | 0.4 (−0.3 to 1.1) | 1.5 | |
| ITC transfer | 9 (5.0) | 0 | 24 (17.9) | 7.6 (−1.6 to 16.9) | 2 (1.4) | 3 (3.7) | 1 (1.2) | 2.1 (0.7 to 3.5) | 5.5 | |
| Dead | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.2) | 0 | 0.4 (−0.3 to 1.1) | −0.4 | |
Bold text represent only significant p values
HC, health centre; ITC, inpatient care; OTC, outpatient care.