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Table 2 Illness characteristics of 1276 children treated by CHWs in Iganga-Mayuge HDSS

From: Integrated community case management of malaria and pneumonia increases prompt and appropriate treatment for pneumonia symptoms in children under five years in Eastern Uganda

Characteristic

Intervention

Control

RR (95% CI)

History of fever, n (%)

589 (96.7)

647 (97.0)

1.00 (0.98-1.02)

Temperature ≥ 37.5o C, n (%)

90 (14.8)

94 (14.1)

0.98 (0.71-1.34)

Cough, n (%)

500 (82.1)

541 (81.1)

1.00 (0.94-1.06)

Fast breathing by history, n (%)

182 (29.9)

199 (29.8)

0.99 (0.84-1.18)

Fast breathing based on respiratory rate counted by field assistant, n (%)

122 (20.0)

76 (11.4)

1.44 (1.09-1.91)

Difficult breathing by history, n (%)

174 (28.6)

194 (29.1)

0.94 (0.79-1.13)

Diarrhoea by history, n (%)

193 (31.7)

218 (32.7)

0.90 (0.76-1.07)

Convulsions by history, n (%)

40 (6.6)

40 (6.0)

0.95 (0.62-1.45)

Vomiting by history, n (%)

232 (38.2)

262 (39.5)

0.89 (0.76-1.04)