Table 4.
Prescribing That Should Have Resulted if the Diagnostic and Treatment Algorithm Were Strictly Followed, for Intervention-Arm Patients by Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test Result
| Prescribing Guidance if Algorithm Were Strictly Followed | All Intervention-Arm Patients With mRDT Results | All Sites Combined mRDT Results |
Aduku (Kwania District) mRDT Results |
Nagongera (Tororo District) mRDT Results |
Kihihi (Kanungu District) mRDT Results |
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| Neg | Pos | Neg | Pos | Neg | Pos | Neg | Pos | |||||||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Don’t prescribe antibiotic | 638 | 53.7 | 269 | 39.0 | 369 | 73.8 | 63 | 34.2 | 140 | 64.5 | 121 | 42.3 | 104 | 92.9 | 85 | 38.8 | 125 | 73.1 |
| Prescribe antibiotic if clinically indicateda | 175 | 14.7 | 175 | 25.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 18.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 94 | 32.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 47 | 21.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Prescribe antibiotic | 376 | 31.6 | 245 | 35.6 | 131 | 26.2 | 87 | 47.3 | 77 | 35.5 | 71 | 24.8 | 8 | 7.1 | 87 | 39.7 | 46 | 26.9 |
| Total | 1189 | 100 | 689 | 100 | 500 | 100 | 184 | 100 | 217 | 100 | 286 | 100 | 112 | 100 | 219 | 100 | 171 | 100 |
Abbreviations: mRDT, malaria rapid diagnostic test; Neg, negative; Pos, positive.
If clinically indicated in the clinician's judgment and/or if the patient was aged <5 years and met World Health Organization (WHO) pneumonia criteria.