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Table 2 Characteristics of children in the intervention and routine care groups at enrolment

From: The outcome of a test-treat package versus routine outpatient care for Ghanaian children with fever: a pragmatic randomized control trial

 

Study group

 

All patients (N = 240)

Test-Treat (N = 121)

Routine care (N = 119)

Educational level of carers

   

 None

30 (12.5%)

17 (14.0%)

13 (10.9%)

 Primary

123 (51.2%)

66 (54.5%)

57 (47.9%)

 Secondary School

66 (27.5%)

26 (21.5%)

40 (33.6%)

 Tertiary

21 (8.8%)

12 (9.9%)

9 (7.6%)

Medication taken prior to study

   

 Any Drug

175 (72.9%)

86 (71.1%)

89 (74.8%)

 Paracetamol

160 (66.7%)

78 (64.5%)

82 (68.9%)

 Amodiaquine

15 (6.2%)

6 (5.0%)

9 (7.6%)

 Amoxicillin

12 (5.0%)

9 (7.4%)

3 (2.5%)

 Artesunate

7 (2.5%)

4 (3.3%)

2 (1.7%)

 Co-amoxiclav

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 Other drugs

47 (19.6%)

24 (19.5%)

23 (19.7%)

Clinical features at initial assessment

   

 Fever

239 (99.6%)

120 (99.2%)

119 (100.0%)

 Temperature, mean (sd)

38.5 (0.9)

38.5 (0.9)

38.5 (0.9)

 Poor feeding

165 (68.7%)

75 (62.0%)

90 (75.6%)

 Cough

106 (44.2%)

38 (31.4%)

68 (57.1%)

 Respiratory rate, mean (sd)

31.4(10.9)

32.0 (10.2)

31.3 (11.1)

 Rhinorrhoea

92 (38.3%)

20 (16.5%)

72 (60.5%)

 Vomiting

92 (38.3%)

43 (35.5%)

49 (41.2%)

 Headache

64 (26.7%)

34 (28.1%)

30 (25.2%)

 Diarrhoea

42 (17.5%)

12 (9.9%)

30 (25.3%)

 Chills

39 (17.0%)

13 (10.7%)

26 (23.4%)

 Inflamed tonsils

14 (5.8%)

13 (10.7%)

1 (0.8%)

 Inflamed Eardrum

4 (1.7%)

4 (3.3%)

0 (0.0%)

 Sweating

14 (5.8%)

4 (3.3%)

10 (8.4%)

 Body pains

10 (4.2%)

4 (3.3%)

6 (5.0%)

 Ear pain

6 (2.5%)

3 (2.5%)

3 (2.5%)

 Others

12 (5%)

10 (7%)

2 (2%)