Evaluation of a capacity building intervention on malaria treatment for under-fives in rural health facilities in Niger State, Nigeria

Table 5 Malaria case management outcomes by LGA

Descriptive results								Univariate results				Multivariate results^a
	Intervention N = 420			Comparison N = 420			Chi² p-value	N included in model	Crude odds ratio	Lower 95% CI	Upper 95% CI	N included model	Adjusted odds ratio ^a	Lower 95% CI	Upper 95% CI
	n	%	95% CI	N	%	95% CI	Chi² p-value	N included in model	Crude odds ratio	Lower 95% CI	Upper 95% CI	N included model	Adjusted odds ratio ^a	Lower 95% CI	Upper 95% CI
RDT conducted	253	55.7	28.2, 80.1	153	36.4	16.2, 62.9	0.291	835	2.21	0.48	10.07	823	1.41	0.30, 6.52	0. 650
RDT result	N = 253			N = 153			0.185	NA
Positive	169	65.3	33.9, 87.3	70	42.2	23.8, 63.1
Negative	77	34.7	12.7, 66.1	72	57.8	36.9, 76.2
Appropriate management of RDT positive with ASAQ or AL
	N = 168			N = 70			0.554
Yes	153	90.5	35.0, 84.9	63	84.7	60.0, 95.3		238	1.73	0.25	11.93	236	1.91	0.36, 10.04	0.426
Appropriate management of RDT negative (did not receive ASAQ or AL)
	N = 73			N = 71			0.204
Yes	66	88.7	66.5, 96.9	67	96.2	82.1, 99.3		144	0.30	0.04	2.21	144	0.68	0.11, 4.36	0.664
Appropriate management of RDT negative (did not receive any antimalarial)
	N = 73			N = 71			0.004
Yes	43	37.2	8.9, 78.3	64	92.7	68.0, 98.7		144	0.05	0.005	0.469	144	0.12	0.02, 0.77	0.028

^aAdjusted for: child characteristics: age, sex; carer characteristics: education, sex; health worker characteristics: age, sex; health facility daily record stock availability characteristics: rdt availability, either AL or ASAQ availability

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