Table 5.
Actions following first use of OTC medicines (%: 95% CI)
| Busia | Kwale | Makueni | Overall | P | |
| Children | |||||
| No further action after OTC | 511/540 (94.6) (92.3, 96.6) |
657/837 (77.9) (73.3, 82.0) |
469/598 (78.3) (73.4, 82.6) |
1637/1975 (82.9) (81.1, 84.5) |
<0.001 |
| 2nd action is use of clinic | 24/540 (4.4) (2.8, 6.5) |
153/837 (18.3) (15.7, 21.1) |
107/598 (17.9) (14.9, 21.2) |
284/1975 (14.4) (12.8, 16.0) |
<0.001 |
| Visits clinic within 48 h* | 8/24 (33.3) (15.6, 55.3) |
37/153 (24.2) (17.6, 31.7) |
41/107 (38.3) (29.1, 48.2) |
86/284 (30.3) (24.9, 35.9) |
0.05 |
| Adults | |||||
| No further action after OTC | : 427/453 (94.3) (91.7, 96.2) |
923/1065 (86.4) (83.1, 89.0) |
637/717 (88.6) (85.6, 91.0) |
1987/2235 (88.9) (87.5, 90.1) |
<0.001 |
| 2nd action is use of clinic | : 4/453 (0.9) (0.2, 2.2) |
104/1065 (9.8) (8.0, 11.7) |
63/717 (8.8) (6.8, 11.1) |
171/2235 (7.7) (6.5, 8.8) |
<0.001 |
| Visits clinic within 48 h | 3/4 (75.0) (19.4,99.3) |
32/104 (30.1) (22.1, 40.6) |
11/63 (17.5) (9.0, 29.1) |
46/171 (26.9) (20.4, 34.2 |
0.015 |
*. Within 48 hours of the onset of the illness