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Table 2 Effects of training plus collaborative improvement on data quality: results of segmented regression modelling

From: Effectiveness of in-service training plus the collaborative improvement strategy on the quality of routine malaria surveillance data: results of a pilot study in Kayunga District, Uganda

 

Completeness

Estimate (95% confidence interval)

%-points

Accuracy

Discordance between data sources†

Estimate (95% confidence interval)

%-points

All fields

All clinically-relevant fields

Malaria cases (OPD vs. report)

Test positivity rate (lab vs. report)

Baseline

15.0 (7.7, 22.2)***

30.5 (27.8, 33.1)***

6.7 (0.8, 12.6)*

20.1 (13.1, 27.2)***

Baseline slope (per month)

0.7 (− 0.4, 1.7)

0.9 (0.6, 1.3)***

0.1 (− 0.8, 0.9)

− 0.6 (− 1.6, 0.4)

Immediate change after TCI

70.4 (60.8, 80.0)***

68.2 (64.6, 71.7)***

− 0.9 (− 8.7, 6.9)†

− 15.8 (− 25.1, − 6.5)**†

Change in slope after TCI (per month)

− 1.6 (− 2.8, − 0.3)**

− 1.0 (− 1.5, − 0.6)***

− 0.3 (− 1.4, 0.7)†

0.7 (− 0.6, 1.9)†

TCI single effect (absolute difference at follow-up mid-point)

60.1 (46.9, 73.2)***

61.6 (56.6, 66.7)*

–

–

TCI single effect (relative difference at follow-up mid-point)

–

–

− 47.4 (− 177.0, 82.2)

− 57.4 (− 105.5, − 9.3)**

  1. No significant autocorrelation was observed in the models
  2. TCI in-service training plus collaborative improvement, OPD outpatient department register
  3. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001. †Negative values for accuracy indicators are a sign of improvement