SUMMARY
Nutritional recovery of mild and moderately malnourished children under two differents treatment approaches (ambulatory versus day-care)
This retrospective analysis was conducted between May 1997 and May 2000 at the Centro de Atención Nutricional Infantil de Antímano, CANIA, in Caracas, Venezuela to assess the efficacy of two treatments ( ambulatory versus day-care) of mild and moderate malnourished children.. Inclusion criteria were: children under 10 years old with mild and moderate malnourishment, who attended a minimum of 3 control visits during a period of 12 months. One hundred fourteen malnourished children were included: fifty seven in ambulatory treatment and fifty seven in day-care treatment paired per nutritional diagnosis, gender and age(thirty nine mild and eighteen moderate malnourished children).The nutritional recovery criterion was weight for height above tenth percentile. No relation was found between treatment approaches and nutritional recovery at 3 and 6 months of treatment. In the group of mild malnourished children, the percentage of recovered patients at 3 months of treatment, that kept their recovered condition at 6 months was 83% (15/18) in the ambulatory treatment and 82% (18/22) in the day-care treatment. Age of children, associated disease, acute morbidity, dietetic risk and mother’s education and age were not associated with nutritional recovery at 6 months of treatment ( p > 0.05).The day-care approach resulted as effective as ambulatory in mild malnourished children. In moderate malnourished new studies will need to be conducted with greater number of patients.

Key words: Nutrition disorders, nutritional rehabilitation, child.



Recibido: 16/09/2002
Aceptado: 03/02/2003

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