Presence of recommendations for the management of malnourished children living with disabilities in national and international SAM guidelines: Interview transcripts and guideline content spreadsheet

The collection consists of: (1) A set of interview transcripts covering the perceived barriers to formalising guidelines regarding the treatment of severe acute malnutrition in children living with disabilities. Interviews were conducted with eight experts involved in guideline development and provide a first scoping and identification of possible issues leading to an underrepresentation of this vulnerable patient group in malnutrition guidelines; and (2) An Excel spreadsheet containing summarised content information of 71 national and international malnutrition guidelines for an overview of available guidance for children living with disabilities.

Additional Information

Data access will be provided to users on condition that they are (a) performing relevant health research and (b) provide a detailed plan for ethics approval. They will be asked to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that outlines confidentiality requirements and permitted data use. Users will also be asked to maintain the confidentiality of any guidelines that are not publicly available.

Keywords

Disability, Malnutrition, Malnutrition guidelines, Undernutrition, Severe acute malnutrition, Children living with disabilities, Wasting