Data and code for: “Weight gain among children with severe malnutrition in therapeutic feeding programmes: a systematic review and meta-analysis”
Persistent identifier
10.17037/DATA.00004346
Description
The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to inform policy and programme discussions on optimal rate of weight gain in children being treated for severe malnutrition. Specific objectives are to: describe how weight gain has been measured and reported by treatment programmes; describe the rate of in-programme weight gain in different types of treatment programmes (e.g. inpatient, outpatient, hybrid); describe average length of stay (LOS) in different types of treatment programmes and explore any association with rate of weight gain; explore any association between rate of weight gain and programme outcomes (e.g. mortality, recovery).
Data collection methods
See associated publications.
Key dates
- Submitted to repository: 18 Sept 2024
Population
Research publications that relate to weight gain in children.
Privacy
Research is based upon publicly available information.
Keywords
Malnutrition, Weight gain, Therapeutic feeding programmes, Child health, Growth monitoring, Nutrition, Catch-up growth
Language of written material
English
Project information
| Project name |
Funder/sponsor |
Grant number |
| CHANGE |
Medical Research Council and Global Challenges Research Fund |
MR/V000802/1 |
Creators
| Forename |
Surname |
Faculty / Dept |
Institution |
Role |
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Grace
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O'Donovan
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Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health / Department of Population Health
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Data Creator
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Daniel
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Allen
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Data Creator
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Thandile
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Nkosi-Gondwe
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Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health / Department of Population Health
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Data Creator
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Kenneth
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Anujuo
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Data Creator
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Abera
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Mubarek
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Data Creator
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Amir
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Kirolos
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University of Liverpool
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Data Creator
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Laurentya
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Olga
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Data Creator
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Debbie
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Thompson
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Data Creator
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Kimberley
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McKenzie
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Data Creator
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Elizabeth
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Wimborne
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University of Southampton
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Data Creator
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Tim J
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Cole
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University College London
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Data Creator
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Albert
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Koulman
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University of Cambridge
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Data Creator
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Natasha
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Lelijveld
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University College London
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Data Creator
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Amelia C.
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Crampin
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Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health / Department of Population Health
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Data Creator
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Suvi
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Kangas
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International Rescue Committee
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Data Creator
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Asha
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Badaloo
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University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
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Data Creator
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Gemechu
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Ameya
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Data Creator
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Charles
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Opondo
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Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health / Department of Medical Statistics
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Data Creator
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Marko
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Kerac
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Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health / Department of Population Health
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Data Creator
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File description
| Filename |
Description |
Access status |
Licence |
| Data_extraction_2024-05-09 |
Dataset for systematic review and meta-analysis |
Controlled |
Data sharing agreement |
| CHANGE_SR_GOD_2024-09-16 |
STATA Do-file for meta-analysis |
Open |
Creative Commons Attribution (CCBY) |
| 4346-UserGuide |
User guide for systematic review data |
Open |
Creative Commons Attribution (CCBY) |
Data Codebook
The Data extraction dataset contains the following information:
- First author
- Title
- Publication year
- Country
- Study design (as reported)
- Year(s) of study (i.e. treatment)
- Age
- Malnutrition inclusion criteria in paper
- WHO criteria or NCHS reference used
- How strictly the study meets inclusion criteria for age and severe malnutrition
- Type of programme studied
- Additional notes on programme type
- Diet type
- Overall sample size
- How weight gain was averaged
- Reported weight gain as g/kg/d
- If not, explain
- Period used to calculate weight gain
- Weight gain calculated among all children or recovered only
- Oedematous malnutrition (%)
- How oedematous malnutrition was treated
- Group
- Group difference
- Mean rate of weight gain (all) (g/kg/d)
- SD of mean weight gain for all
- SE of mean weight gain for all
- CI of mean weight gain for all
- Sample size for mean weight gain for all
- Mean rate of weight gain (recovered only) (g/kg/d)
- SD of mean weight gain for recovered only
- SE of mean weight gain for recovered only
- CI of mean weight gain for recovered only
- Sample size for mean weight gain for recovered only
- Median rate of weight gain (all) (g/kg/d)
- CI of median weight gain for all
- IQR of median weight gain for all
- Sample size for median weight gain for all
- Median rate of weight gain (recovered only) (g/kg/d)
- CI of median weight gain for recovered only
- IQR of median weight gain for recovered only
- Sample size for median weight gain for recovered only
- If reported, weight gain in oedematous vs non-oedematous malnutrition (g/kg/d)
- Was the WG reported for the whole sample a mixture of oed and non-oed children? (say yes even if unclear - only no if it is clearly one subgroup)
- If reported, weight gain for other subgroups
- Discharge criteria for recovery
- In-programme follow-up and/or study duration
- Completeness of in-programme follow-up
- Post-programme follow-up
- Mean rate of weight-gain post-discharge (g/kg/d)
- SD for mean rate of weight-gain post-discharge
- Sample size for mean rate of weight-gain post-discharge
- Length of stay units reported (also note if the reporting for 'all' or 'recovered only' is assumed)
- Mean length of stay (all) (days)
- SD for mean length of stay for all
- SE for mean length of stay for all
- CI for mean length of stay for all
- Sample size for mean length of stay for all
- Mean length of stay (recovered only) (days)
- SD for mean length of stay for recovered only
- SE for mean length of stay for recovered only
- CI for mean length of stay for recovered only
- Sample size for mean length of stay for recovered only
- Median length of stay (all) (days)
- CI for median length of stay for all
- IQR for median length of stay for all
- Sample size for median length of stay for all
- Median length of stay (recovered only) (days)
- CI for median length of stay for recovered only
- IQR for median length of stay for recovered only
- Sample size for median length of stay for recovered only
- If reported, ALOS for oedematous vs non-oedematous malnutrition (days)
- Mortality (%)
- CI for mortality (%)
- Denominator used for mortality %
- Recovery (%)
- CI for recovery (%)
- Denominator used for recovery %
- Default (%)
- CI for default (%)
- Denominator used for default %
- Non-response (%)
- CI for non-response (%)
- Denominator used for non-response %
- Relapse (%)
- CI for relapse (%)
- Denominator used for relapse %
- Other programme outcome notes
- In-programme developmental outcomes
- Diarrhoea
- Pneumonia
- Other health outcomes
- Additional notes
- Paper for NICE Quality Appraisal
- 1, 1.2, 2.3, 2.5, 3.1, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2 (numbers align with the NICE quality appraisal checklist)