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Table 2 Descriptive characteristics of patients by time and arm

From: Effect of integrated infectious disease training and on-site support on the management of childhood illnesses in Uganda: a cluster randomized trial

 

Baseline

Endline

 

Arm A

Arm B

Total

Arm A

Arm B

Total

 

N = 161

N = 176

N = 337

N = 177

N = 173

N = 350

Characteristic

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Age

<5

130 (81)

153 (87)

283(84)

174 (98)

166 (96)

340 (97)

5-14

30 (19)

22 (13)

53 (16)

3 (2)

7 (4)

10 (3)

Triage Status

Emergency

3 (2)

6 (4)

9 (3)

1 (1)

4 (3)

3 (2)

Priorityb

   

22 (14)

3 (2)

25 (8)

Not emergency

150 (98)

157 (96)

307 (97)

132 (85)

152 (96)

284 (90)

Febrile or AT > 37.5 °C

82 (55)

89 (54)

171 (54)

65 (37)

49 (28)

114 (33)

Type of visit

New attendance

144 (94)

155 (95)

299 (94)

172 (99)

166 (97)

338 (98)

Re-attendance

10 (6)

9 (5)

19 (6)

2 (1)

6 (3)

8 (2)

Patient symptoms

Fever

131 (82)

154 (88)

285 (85)

151 (86)

143 (84)

294 (85)

HIV exposed

3 (2)

1 (1)

4 (1)

3 (2)

2 (1)

5 (1)

HIV-statusa

27 (20)

35 (22)

62 (21)

6 (4)

4 (3)

10 (3)

Cough

91 (57)

130 (74)

221 (66)

122 (69)

114 (67)

236 (68)

Diarrhea

48 (30)

52 (30)

100 (30)

44 (25)

48 (28)

92 (26)

Vomiting

29 (18)

32 (18)

61 (18)

24 (14)

36 (21)

60 (17)

Ear pain

11 (7)

6 (4)

17 (5)

11 (7)

6 (4)

17 (5)

Ear discharge

9 (6)

4 (2)

13 (4)

8 (5)

3 (2)

11 (3)

Diagnoses

One or more danger signs

0 (0)

2 (1)

2 (1)

3 (2)

2 (1)

5 (1)

Anemia

10 (6)

19 (11)

29 (9)

20 (11)

22 (13)

42 (12)

Cough (no pneumonia)

58 (36)

65 (37)

123 (36)

72 (41)

66 (38)

138 (39)

Pneumonia

29 (18)

37 (21)

66 (20)

33 (19)

23 (13)

55 (16)

Diarrhea – acute

24 (15)

30 (17)

54 (16)

19 (11)

26 (15)

42 (13)

Ear infection

12 (7)

4 (2)

16 (5)

9 (5)

8 (5)

17 (5)

Malaria (uncomplicated)

74 (46)

83 (49)

160 (47)

61 (34)

62 (36)

123 (35)

Malaria (complicated)

21 (13)

33 (19)

54 (16)

15 (8)

19 (11)

34 (10)

Malnutrition (LWA)

10 (6)

25 (14)

35 (10)

18 (10)

9 (5)

27 (8)

Severe malnutrition

3 (2)

1 (1)

4 (1)

4 (2)

3 (2)

7 (2)

UTI

6 (4)

10 (6)

16 (5)

3 (2)

8 (5)

11 (3)

Number of diagnoses

1

62 (39)

54 (31)

116 (35)

72 (41)

72 (41)

147 (42)

2

64 (40)

62 (35)

126 (38)

69 (39)

66 (38)

135 (39)

>2

33 (21)

60 (34)

93 (28)

36 (20)

32 (19)

68 (19)

  1. a At baseline, reflects children and mothers (of children less than 5 years) whose HIV status was known regardless of results while at endline, it reflects those who were HIV positive. For trainee assessment, of interest was whether the trainee made an effort to ask or not. AT = axillary temperature, LWA = low weight for age
  2. b Not included on the baseline assessment tool
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