Changing malaria fever test positivity among paediatric admissions to Tororo district hospital, Uganda 2012–2019

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Test positivity rate among hospitalized children at Tororo district hospital during different time periods: 2012 to 2019

Variable	Unit	Period
		Baseline	1st mass LLIN campaign	IRS campaign with Bendiocarb	IRS with Actellic and 2nd mass LLIN campaign
		January 2012 To October 2013	November 2013 To November 2014	December 2014 to May 2016	June 2016 to December 2019
Total admissions	N	9956	4712	4784	12444
Admissions with fever	n/N	9293/9916	4154/4422	3897/4683	10705/12142
Admissions with fever	%	93.7%	93.9%	83.2%	88.1%
Admissions with fever tested for malaria	n/N	9073/9239	3771/4154	3599/3897	9441/10705
Admissions with fever tested for malaria	%	97.6%	90.8%	92.3%	88.1%
TPR among tested with fever	n/N	5469/9073	2537/3771	1565/3599	2955/9441
TPR among tested with fever	%	60.3%	67.3%	43.5%	31.3%
TPR among infants tested with fever	n/N	1614/2932	630/1090	341/994	369/2226
TPR among infants tested with fever	%	55.0%	57.8%	34.3%	16.6%
Fever positives aged 1 to 11 months	n/N	1614/5469	630/2537	341/1565	369/2955
Fever positives aged 1 to 11 months	%	29.5%	24.8%	21.7%	12.5%
Fever positives aged 5 to 14 years	n/N	469/5469	261/2537	220/1565	670/2955
Fever positives aged 5 to 14 years	%	8.6%	10.3%	14.0%	22.7%
Age (months) for fever positives	Median (IQR)	17 (10, 29)	18 (12, 36)	22 (12, 36)	30 (17, 48)
Age (months) for fever positives	Mean (SD)	23.7 (21.6)	26.7 (24.7)	29.6 (25.3)	39.0 (30.9)

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