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Table 2 Attendance levels and change in weight-for-age z-score during first and last appearance on the programme in the 12-months period

From: Understanding why child welfare clinic attendance and growth of children in the nutrition surveillance programme is below target: lessons learnt from a mixed methods study in Ghana

Characteristics

Community-based (n = 104)

Facility-based (n = 116)

P value

Mean ± SD n (%)

95% CI

Mean ± SD n (%)

95% CI

Average annual visits a

5.95 ± 2.77

5.42–6.47

6.05 ± 3.06

5.48–6.62

0.800

Attend ≥6 times (%) b

48 (46.2)

36.5–55.8

55 (47.4)

38.8–56.0

0.893

Attend ≥9 times (%) b

13 (12.5)

5.8–18.3

17 (14.7%)

8.6–21.6

0.697

Average annual WAZ b

− 0.48 ± 1.02

−0.68 - -0.29

− 0.86 ± 1.54

− 1.14 - 0.57

0.035

Change in WAZ (%) b

    

0.772

 Improved

70.2% (73)

61.5–77.9

68.1% (79)

59.5–75.9

 

 Deteriorated

29.8% (31)

22.1–38.5

31.9% (37)

24.1–40.5

 
  1. aunpaired t test
  2. bFisher’s exact test