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Table 5 Results from review of 125 community health workers’ records in Iganga-Mayuge HDSS

From: Performance of community health workers under integrated community case management of childhood illnesses in eastern Uganda

Characteristic

Dual arm (n = 57)

Single (n = 68)

P-value

Record completeness, n (%)*

47 (82.5)

59 (86.8)

0.12

Supervised, n (%)

54 (94.7)

61 (89.7)

0.37

Artemether-lumefantrine correct dose (mean, SD)*

98.5 (4.9)

99.9 (0.7)

0.06

Amoxicillin correct dose (mean, SD)*

96.0 (7.5)

  

With fast breathing given amoxicillin, mean (SD)*

81.7 (22.9)

  

No fast breathing given amoxicillin, mean (SD)*

12.1 (22.2)

  

Of those receiving amoxicillin, no fast breathing, mean (SD)*

9.3 (19.7)

  

Storage box contains inappropriate materials, n (%)

5 (8.8)

0 (0)

0.01

  1. * Results weighted by the number of children treated by the CHW.
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