Table 3. Comparison of AL treatment, timing and adherence between pre- (2009) and post-intervention (2010). All proportions are cluster adjusted.
| Pre-intervention (June-July 2009) | Post-intervention (July-August 2010) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/N (%) | n/N (%) | Difference in proportion (95% CI) | P- value** | |
| Source of AL treatment | ||||
| Public sector | 137/506 (27.1) | 108/515 (21.0) | -6.1 (-11.3, -0.9) | 0.07 |
| Formal private sector | 5/506 (1.0) | 10/515 (1.9) | 0.9 (-0.6, 2.4) | 0.30 |
| Retail commercial sector | 7/506 (1.4) | 19/515 (4.0) | 2.6 (0.6, 4.6) | 0.01 |
| Drugs available in household | 8/506 (1.6) | 28/515 (5.4) | 3.8 (1.6, 6.0) | <0.001 |
| AL treatments where treatment started ≥ 4 days ago | 147/157 (93.6) | 152/165 (92.1) | -1.5 (-7.1, 1.4) | 0.60 |
| Of all AL treatments where treatment started ≥ 4 days ago number who completed dose | 101/147 (68.7) | 127/152 (83.5) | 14.8 (5.3, 24.3) | 0.01 |
| Timing and adherence of AL treatment | ||||
| Proportion of febrile children accessing AL within 48 hours | 93/506 (18.4)* | 121/515 (23.5)* | 5.1 (0.1, 10.0) | 0.06 |
| Proportion of fevers children AL within 48 hours from a public health facility | 80/506 (15.8) | 70/515 (13.6)** | -2.2 (-6.5, 2.1) | 0.39 |
| Of all AL treatments within 48 hours and where treatment started > = 4 days ago number who completed dose | 56/93 (60.2) | 78/121 (64.5) | 4.3 (-8.8, 17.4) | 0.58 |
| Of all AL treatments within 48 hours from a public health facility and where treatment started ≥ 4 days ago number who completed dose | 54/80 (67.5) | 57/70 (81.4) | 13.9 (0.2, 27.6) | 0.05 |
| Proportion of caregivers who sourced AL from public sector who had dose explained | 128/137 (93.4) | 101/108 (93.5) | 0.1 (-6.2, 6.3) | 0.98 |
*Range of proportion across clusters in 2009 (0–33.9%); 2010 (0–52.9%)
**P-value from chi-squared test adjusted for clustering