Table 1.
Distribution of neonatal illnesses and care-seeking pattern in urban Lucknow (N = 481)
| Neonatal Illnesses |
Point prevalence n (%)(95% CI) |
Any outside medical care (n) | Health Care provider sought | ||
| GPs (n) | NGCs (n) | NGDs (n) | |||
| IMNCI (n = 107 (22.2%)) | |||||
| Diarrhea with dehydration | 4 (0.8) (0.3, 2.3) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Persistent Diarrhea | 7 (1.4) (0.6, 3.1) | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Ear discharge | 4 (0.8) (0.3, 2.3) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Fever | 14 (2.9) (1.7, 4.9) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Pathological jaundice | 5 (1.0) (0.4, 2.5) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Meningitis | 2 (0.4) (0.07, 1.6) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 25 (5.2) (3.5, 7.7) | 25 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| Septicemia | 30 (6.2) (4.3, 8.8) | 30 | 21 | 6 | 10 |
| More than 10 Pustules | 11 (2.3) (1.2, 4.2) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Umbilical sepsis | 5 (1.0) (0.4, 2.5) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Non-IMNCI (n = 135 (28.1%)) | |||||
| Conjunctivitis | 8 (1.7) (0.8, 3.4) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Dermatitis | 11 (2.3) (1.2, 4.2) | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Diarrhea | 34 (7.0) (5.0, 9.8) | 29 | 12 | 6 | 14 |
| Upper Respiratory Infection | 46 (9.5) (7.2, 12.6) | 35 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
| Physiological Jaundice | 16 (3.3) (1.9, 5.4) | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 |
| Others* | 20 (4.1) (2.6, 6.4) | 16 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| Total | 242 (50.3) (45.7, 54.9) | 202 | 86 | 46 | 91 |
GPs = Government Practitioners; NGCs = Non Government Consultants; NGDs = Non-Government Dispensers
* includes vomiting = 9, oral thrush = 4, evening colic = 2, umbilical granuloma = 2, injury = 2, brachial palsy = 1