Assessing caregivers’ perceptions of treatment-seeking for suspected severe malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Table 2 Prevalence of fever, malaria infection and anaemia among children under 5 years

Indicator	Pre-RAS N = 1315		Post-RAS N = 2184		Pooled N = 3499		P-value comparing Pre-RAS and Post-RAS
	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	P-value comparing Pre-RAS and Post-RAS
Proportion of children < 5 years with fever during the last 2 days preceding the survey	19.8	16.0–24.4	18.8	15.2–22.9	18.8	15.3–22.8	0.71
Proportion of children < 5 years with current fever (axillary temperature ≥ 37.5 °C)	4.0	3.0–5.3	6.7	5.4–8.3	6.7	5.4–8.2	0.004
Proportion of children < 5 years tested positive for malaria by mRDT	34.4	30.1–39.0	45.2	39.8–50.7	45.1	39.8–50.4	0.003
Proportion of children < 5 years with anaemia (Hb < 11 g/dL)	79.8	74.0–84.5	79.5	77.0–81.7	79.5	77.1–81.7	0.92

Endline survey conducted in only two out of three health zones
N = 3499 children, 95% CI 95% Confidence Interval, IQR Interquartile Range, mRDT malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test, Hb Haemoglobin, g/dL gram per deciliter

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