RDT name | Bioline SD | First response malaria | ICT diagnostics | Paracheck | Total | P value* | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Health centre name | Mdeka (N = 476) | Lilangwe (N = 508) | Chileka (N = 683) | Bangwe (N = 573) | Mdeka (N = 333) | (N = 2,573) | Â |
Health facility characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Location | Rural | Rural | Semi-urban | Urban | Rural |  |  |
   Person performing RDT | CHW‡ | CHW‡ | Laboratory Technician | Laboratory Technician | CHW‡ |  |  |
Patient characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Female | 59% | 60% | 59% | 56% | 65% | 59% | 0.13 |
   Child 5-15 years old | 44% | 56% | 37% | 36% | 30% | 42% | < 0.001 |
Owns a mosquito net Used a mosquito net the previous night | 54% 50% | 62% 63% | 51% 48% | 43% 41% | 58% 61% | 53% 52% | < 0.001 < 0.001 |
   Self treated with antimalarial in past 2 weeks | 8% | 5% | 29% | 8% | 2% | 12% | < 0.001 |
   Presumptive malaria diagnosis | 100% | 99% | 27% | 92% | 100% | 89% | < 0.001 |
   Local microscopy positive†| na | na | 69% | 29% | na | 51% | < 0.001 |
   RDT positive | 76% | 72% | 53% | 25% | 66% | 56% | < 0.001 |
   Expert microscopy positive | 41% | 40% | 16% | 3% | 34% | 25% | < 0.001 |