Table 5 Influence of test performance and result (positive if first or repeated test result was positive) on doctor visit and malaria diagnosis and hospitalization.
CMK received | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Self-test performed | Self-test not performed N = 1068 | ||||
Self-test result | RR [95%CI] | Corrected RR# [95%CI] | |||
Positive N = 49 | Negative N = 508 | ||||
Visited doctor for malaria symptoms N Yes (%) | 40 (82) | 233 (46) | 1.8 [1.5–2.0] | 1.8 [1.4–2.0] | 177 (17) |
Doctor's diagnosis malaria N Yes (%) | 33 (67) | 31 (6) | 11.0 [8.3–13.2] | 10.3 [7.4–12.8] | 59 (6) |
Laboratory confirmed malaria N Yes (%) | 28* (85) | 18* (58) | 1.5 [1.1–1.7] | 1.5 [1.2–1.7] | 47* (80) |
Hospitalization for malaria N Yes (%) | 4* (12) | 4* (13) | 0.9 [0.2–2.9] | 1.0 [0.2–3.0] | 8* (14) |