Table 1.
Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the enrolled children.
| Characteristics | Total |
|---|---|
| N = 200 | |
| Age, months, mean ± SD | 10·7 ± 6·2 |
| 0–3 Months | 29 (14·5 % %) |
| 4–11 Months | 87 (43·5 %) |
| 12–24 Months | 84 (42·0 %) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 117 (58·5 %) |
| Female | 83 (41·5 %) |
| Mother's age, years, mean ± SD | 30·0 ± 6·4 |
| <20 Years | 4 (2·0 %) |
| 20–29 Years | 90 (45·0 %) |
| 30–39 Years | 82 (41·0 %) |
| 40–49 Years | 24 (12·0 %) |
| Primary caretaker's education | |
| No education | 127 (63·5 %) |
| Primary | 48 (24·0 %) |
| Secondary | 20 (10·0 %) |
| Bachelors | 3 (1·5 %) |
| Master's & above | 2 (1·0 %) |
| Household size, median(IQR) | 7 (5–10) |
| People sleeping in the same room as the child, median (IQR) | 5 (4–7) |
| Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke | 51 (25·5 %) |
| Exposure to smoke during cooking | 97 (48·5 %) |
| Fuel used for cooking | |
| Natural gas | 69 (34·5 %) |
| Wood/Paper/Animal dung/Crop residue | 131 (65·5 %) |
| Child breastfed | 181 (90·5 %) |
| Under-weight (Weight for Age < −2SD) | 105 (52·5 %) |
| Stunting (Height for Age < −2SD) | 103 (51·5 %) |
| Wasting (Weight for Height < −2SD) | 61 (30·5 %) |
| PCV13 vaccination status (card-verified/verbal) among age-eligible children = 183 | |
| Unvaccinated | 12 (6·6 %) |
| One dose | 31 (16·9 %) |
| Two doses | 30 (16·4 %) |
| Three doses | 110 (60·1 %) |
| Hospitalizations in the previous year | 10 (5·0 %) |
| Outpatient visits in past month | 116 (58·0 %) |
| Symptoms | |
| Cough | 67 (33·5 %) |
| Runny nose | 104 (52·0 %) |
| Difficulty in breathing | 25 (12·5 %) |
| Signs | |
| Temperature | |
| Hypothermia (≤35 °C) | 8 (4·0 %) |
| Normal | 128 (64·0 %) |
| Hyperthermia (>37·5 °C) | 64 (32·0 %) |
| Tachypnea | 39 (19·5 %) |
| Chest wall indrawing | 3 (1·5 %) |