Table 3. Actions taken for treating children aged 3–59 months with fever in the previous 2 weeks (a comparison of nine intervention and nine control clusters).

Care Sought	Control (N = 9) % (SD), n	Intervention (N = 9), % (SD), n	Difference in Means (95% CI)	p-Valuea, Unadjusted; Adjusted
Government facility:
Baseline	32.6 (12.6), 119	27.6 (14.9), 137
Follow-up	36.4 (15.1), 118	29.0 (10.6), 116	−7.4 (5.7, −20.4)	0.2483; 0.1018
Specialised drug store:
Baseline	34.2 (12.9), 113	42.0 (13.1), 168
Follow-up	23.8 (9.1), 78	30.4 (16.6), 121	6.6 (20.0, −6.8)	0.3140; 0.3642
General store:
Baseline	10.9 (5.2), 41	13.5 (5.2), 55
Follow-up	20.3 (9.5), 67	27.2 (14.1), 115	6.8 (18.8, −5.1)	0.2442; 0.2158
Missionary/private facility:
Baseline	7.4 (4.8), 24	8.7 (7.5), 30
Follow-up	9.3 (5.0), 30	5.4 (8.5), 19	−3.9 (3.0, −10.9)	0.2504; 0.3208
Traditional healers:
Baseline	0.5 (1.5), 1	0 (0), 0
Follow-up	0.7 (1.3), 2	0.6 (1.9), 2	0 (1.6, −1.7)	0.9794; 0.9994
Othersb:
Baseline	14.4 (5.8), 51	8.3 (7.3), 40
Follow-up	9.5 (6.3), 31	7.2 (3.9), 29	−2.3 (2.9, −7.6)	0.3625; 0.6592

^a p-Value: The p-value appearing first refers to the level of significance of the unadjusted difference between control and intervention arms at follow-up. The p-value in italics refers to the level of significance of the adjusted difference between the control and intervention arm at follow-up.

^bOthers include: prayers, treatment with Western medications present at home, and treatment with home-made remedies.

n, Total number of visits; N, number of clusters.