Table 2.
Predictors of pneumoniaa treatment practices of health workers trained in IMCI
| Recommended or adequate treatment | ||||
| Characteristic | No. of consultations or mean value | OR (95% CI) | n (%) | OR (95% CI) |
| Final multivariate models | ||||
| Health worker received | ||||
| Study supports | N = 28 | 3.0 (1.0, 8.6) | 15 (53.6) | 1.5 (0.6, 3.7) |
| Usual supports | N = 42 | ref. | 19 (45.2) | ref. |
| No. supervisory visits, past 6 months (ranging from 0-4) | mean = 0.9 | 2.1 (1.1, 3.9) | -- | 1.6 (1.1, 2.3) |
| Consultation duration, in minutes (ranging from 5 to 131) | median = 16 | 1.04 (1.00, 1.08) | -- | --b |
| No. of IMCI classifications (ranging from 1 to 4) |
mean = 2.8 | --b | -- | 2.0 (1.2, 3.3) |
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Causal pathway variable omitted from multivariate modelling |
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| Health worker correctly diagnosed pneumonia | ||||
| Yes | N = 49 | 49.8 (5.6, 442.1) | 28 (68.3) | 14.2 (4.0, 50.3) |
| No | N = 21 | ref. | 6 (20.7) | ref. |
a Seventy children seen for an initial consultation with a "gold standard" IMCI classification of uncomplicated pneumonia whose treatment was not undefined (see Methods).
b Variable not retained in the multivariate model.
CI = confidence interval, OR = odds ratio, ref. = reference level