Table 3.
Performance of eIMCI and pIMCI practitioners in the classification of sick children
| eIMCI N=152 | pIMCI N=139 | Adjusted. p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symptom | Symptom present | Correctly classified n (%) |
Symptom present | Correctly classified n (%) |
|
| Cough or difficult breathing | 76 | 57 (75.0) | 73 | 65 (89.0) | 0.06 |
| Dehydration | 25 | 17 (68.0) | 12 | 11 (91.7) | 0.16 |
| Fever | 44 | 16 (36.4) | 43 | 29 (67.4) | 0.01 |
| Ear infection | 5 | 3 (60.0) | 10 | 7 (70.0) | 0.6 |
| Children with all presenting symptoms correctly classified | 109 | 59 (54.1) | 105 | 61(58.1) | 0.67 |
| Screening conditions | |||||
| Malnutrition | 152 | 115 (75.7) | 139 | 87 (62.6) | 0.07 |
| Anaemia | 152 | 149 (98.0) | 139 | 83 (59.7) | <0.001 |
| HIV | 152 | 106 (69.7) | 139 | 50 (36.0) | <0.001 |
| TB | 152 | 124 (81.6) | 139 | 100 (71.9) | 0.17 |
| Children with all screening conditions correctly classified | 152 | 79 (52.0) | 139 | 25 (18.0) | <0.01 |