Normal user
8 Aug 2018, 11:59
Does anyone know of any resources/research exploring the sensitivity of using visible wasting and visible indicators rather than measurements in screening for malnutrition?
How many children were missed using this "method"?
Consultant Epidemiologist
Frequent user
11 Aug 2018, 11:58
See this article for a discussion and review of SAM case-definitions. Table 1 shows a generally agreed framework for judging the suitability of different case-detection procedures fro different applications. Visible wasting does badly when tested against this framework (because it is neither objective or quantitative.
I hope this is of some use.