Table 3. Disease prevalence, care seeking and treatment coverage among children U5 at baseline and end line by study group, Integrated Community Case Management Central Uganda 2010 and 2012.
| Measure | Intervention | Comparison | DID estimator a | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | End line | Baseline | End line | |||||
| N = 1,479 | N = 2,356 | N = 1591 | N = 2576 | |||||
| %(95%CI) | %(95%CI) | p-value | %(95%CI) | %(95%CI) | p-value | AORa (95%CI) | p-value | |
| Fever | ||||||||
| Prevalence | 16.1(12.9,20.0) | 15.6(13.5,17.9) | 0.562 | 23.5(20.1,26.9) | 19.6(17.4,22.0) | 0.014 | 1.12(0.71,0.77) | 0.621 |
| Sought care | 75.9(69.6–81.3) | 91.8 (88.2,94.4) | <0.001 | 87.1(82.4, 90.6) | 90.8(87.5,93.2) | 0.142 | 2.36(1.1,5.09) | 0.028 |
| Care seeking in 24 hours | 35.0 (28.1,42.6) | 56.0 (49.7,62.0) | <0.001 | 43.1(36.2,50.4) | 53.8(48.3,59.2) | 0.030 | 1.60(0.86,2.97) | 0.136 |
| Received ACT | 32.5(26.2,39.5) | 64.3(57.9,70.2) | <0.001 | 49.3(43.7,55.0) | 67.7(61.9,72.9) | <0.001 | 1.57(0.91,2.70) | 0.105 |
| Took ACT within 24 hours of symptoms | 19.4(14.1,26.2) | 44.7(39.1,50.4) | <0.001 | 35.0(29.4,41.1) | 47.5(42.3,52.8) | 0.017 | 2.12(1.08,4.14) | 0.029 |
| Acute Respiratory Illness | ||||||||
| Prevalence | 12.3(9.5,15.8) | 12.1(10.1,14.3) | 0.100 | 18.6(16.1,21.4) | 15.0(13.3,16.8) | 0.015 | 1.17(0.82,1.66) | 0.389 |
| Sought care | 55.5 (45.0,65.6) | 76.4 (67.9–83.2) | <0.001 | 80.1(70.6,87.0) | 67.0(86.2,92.3) | 0.015 | 6.06(2.79,13.15) | <0.001 |
| Care seeking within 24 hours of symptoms | 13.2(8.5,19.8) | 43.3(35.8,51.0) | <0.001 | 25.2(19.1,32.3) | 33.9(28.3,39.8) | 0.063 | 3.95(1.83,8.54) | <0.001 |
| Received Antibiotic | 38.3(29.3,48.1) | 28.8(22.2,36.4) | 0.141 | 67.0(58.9,74.1) | 19.0(14.5,24.6) | <0.001 | 5.18(2.32,11.57) | <0.001 |
| Took antibiotic within 24 hours of symptoms | 8.8(4.9,15.4) | 13.5(8.7,20.4) | 0.212 | 19.0(13.6,25.9) | 6.2(3.9,9.7) | <0.001 | 7.95(2.57,24.62) | <0.001 |
| Diarrhoea | ||||||||
| Prevalence | 9.2(6.9,12.0) | 7.9(6.8,9.3) | 0.499 | 12.6 (10.4–15.1) | 7.3 (6.1,8.7) | <0.001 | 1.60(1.06,2.42) | 0.027 |
| Sought care | 43.3(32.0,55.3) | 59.4(50.4,67.8) | 0.034 | 69.7(60.4,73.8) | 55.9(47.9,63.6) | 0.031 | 2.55(1.04,6.27) | 0.042 |
| Received ORS and zinc | 2.2(0.8,6.1) | 15.9(11.3,21.1) | <0.001 | 5.5(2.4,11.1) | 1.7(0.8,5.6) | 0.142 | 22.9(3.66,142.99) | 0.001 |
CI, Confidence Interval; DID, differences of differences; CI, confidence interval; ACT, Artemisinin-based combination therapies; AOR, Adjusted Odds Ratio
a. Reference is comparison group difference overtime and is adjusted for differences in child’s age, education of caretaker, household size and wealth and age of household head