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Table 3 Primary analysis: Adjusted relative risks (95 % confidence intervals) for performing tasks correctly for the full sample across arms and time periods

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

 

Sets of clinical tasks

Effects

Patient history

Physical examination

Laboratory tests

Diagnosis

Treatment

Patient/caregiver education

Sample Size

N = 573

N = 639

N = 621

N = 674

N = 683

N = 667

Arm A vs. Arm B at time 0

1.02 (0.93-1.11)

0.97 (0.80-1.18)

0.85 (0.72-1.01)

1.14 (0.98-1.33)

1.00 (0.92-1.09)

1.07 (0.95-1.19)

Time 1 vs. time 0 in Arm B (IMID)

1.12 (1.04-1.21)

1.40 (1.16-1.68)

0.95 (0.82-1.09)

1.05 (0.91-1.21)

1.01 (0.93-1.10)

1.03 (0.92-1.16)

Change Arm A vs. Arm B (IMID and OSS), RRR

1.18 (1.06-1.31)

1.27 (1.02-1.59)

1.21 (0.97-1.49)

0.92 (0.77-1.10)

1.07 (0.96-1.19)

1.07 (0.94-1.23)

  1. Estimates were adjusted for: sequence of clinical assessment, cadre of trainee, complexity of patient determined by number of diagnoses and age of patient less than one year, whether the health facility received support from the Health Care Improvement project or not, whether the facility received the on-site intervention from Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative or not, and the clinical faculty determined by cadre of faculty and whether s/he attended relevant assessment training session or not
  2. RRR = Ratio of relative risks comparing change in practice at time 1 to practice at time 0 across arms