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Table 2 Classification and treatment of children attending drug shops

From: Drug seller adherence to clinical protocols with integrated management of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea at drug shops in Uganda

Characteristic

Proportion

95% Confidence Intervals

Child age

 Up to 1 year

3,596 (46.9%)

 

 Greater than 1 year

4,071 (53.1%)

 

Child sex—male

3,732 (48.8%)

 

Diarrhoea

 Proportion with diarrhoea

2,335/7,667 (30.5%)

29.4–31.5

 Received ORS packet

2,068/2,335 (88.6%)

87.3–89.9

Fever

 Proportion with fever

6,140/7,667 (80.1%)

79.2–81.0

 Fever and received Rapid Diagnostic test (RDT)

5,986/6,140 (97.5%)

 

 Fever and RDT positive

5,096/6,140 (83.0%)

82.1–83.9

 Received an RDT (ALL RDT tests done)

6,801/7,667 (88.7%)

 

 RDT positive (overall RDT positivity)

5,307/6,801 (78.0%)

77.0–79.0

 RDT positive and got ACT

4,961/5,307 (93.5%)

92.8–94.1

 Any ACT dispensed

5,218/7,667 (68.1%)

67.0–69.1

Pneumonia

 Respiratory rate counted (all RRs counted)

5,203/7,667 (67.9%)

 

 Proportion with pneumonia

3,437/7,667 (44.8%)

 

 Pneumonia and amoxicillin dispensed

3,126/3,437 (91.0%)

 

 Any amoxicillin dispensed

3364/7,667 (43.9%)

42.8–45.0

Danger signs

 Proportion with any danger sign

381/7,667 (5.0%)

 

 Danger sign and referred

309/381 (81.1%)

 

Outcome

 Referred

477/7,667 (6.2%)

5.7–6.8

 Adverse drug reaction

2/7,667

 

 Died

2/7,667