Table 3 Characteristics of patients prescribed first-line therapy (ART-AQ) or a co-prescription of antibiotics
Anti-malarial prescribed | Antibiotic co-prescription | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ART-AQ | Other anti-malarial regimen | Antibiotic co-prescription | No antibiotic | |||||
N = 1,217 | N = 1,614 | N = 872 | N = 1,959 | |||||
n, % 1 | n, % | n, % | n, % | |||||
Gender | ||||||||
Male | 464 | 40.9 | 672 | 59.2 | 376 | 33.1 | 760 | 66.9 |
Female | 753 | 44.4 | 942 | 55.6 | 496 | 29.3 | 1,199 | 70.7 |
Age group | ||||||||
<5 | 161 | 26.4 | 449 | 73.6 | 260 | 42.6 | 350 | 57.4 |
5–12 | 181 | 56.9 | 136 | 43.1 | 119 | 37.4 | 198 | 62.5 |
13–59 | 790 | 46.0 | 926 | 54.0 | 445 | 25.9 | 1, 271 | 74.1 |
≥60 | 76 | 48.4 | 81 | 51.6 | 40 | 25.5 | 117 | 74.5 |
Not known | 9 | 29.0 | 22 | 71.0 | 8 | 25.8 | 23 | 74.2 |
Facility type | ||||||||
Non-government | 15 | 13.0 | 100 | 87.0 | 28 | 24.4 | 87 | 75.7 |
Government | 1,202 | 44.3 | 1,514 | 55.7 | 844 | 31.1 | 1,872 | 68.9 |
Mode of diagnosis | ||||||||
Presumptive | 1,041 | 42.2 | 1,427 | 57.8 | 758 | 30.7 | 1,710 | 69.3 |
Laboratory confirmed | 79 | 86.8 | 12 | 13.2 | 21 | 23.1 | 70 | 76.9 |
Not known | 97 | 35.7 | 175 | 64.3 | 93 | 34.2 | 179 | 65.8 |
Anti-malarial treatment prescribed | ||||||||
Combination therapy (ART-AQ) | - | - | 349 | 28.7 | 868 | 71.3 | ||
Combination therapy (Other ACT) | - | - | 140 | 33.5 | 278 | 66.5 | ||
Monotherapy (Artemisinin based) | - | - | 277 | 29.6 | 659 | 70.4 | ||
Monotherapy (Non-artemisinin) | - | - | 106 | 40.8 | 154 | 59.2 | ||