Table 2.
Descriptive characteristics of patients by time and arm
| Baseline | Endline | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arm A | Arm B | Total | Arm A | Arm B | Total | |
| N = 161 | N = 176 | N = 337 | N = 177 | N = 173 | N = 350 | |
| Characteristic | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
| Age | ||||||
| <5 | 130 (81) | 153 (87) | 283(84) | 174 (98) | 166 (96) | 340 (97) |
| 5-14 | 30 (19) | 22 (13) | 53 (16) | 3 (2) | 7 (4) | 10 (3) |
| Triage Status | ||||||
| Emergency | 3 (2) | 6 (4) | 9 (3) | 1 (1) | 4 (3) | 3 (2) |
| Priorityb | 22 (14) | 3 (2) | 25 (8) | |||
| Not emergency | 150 (98) | 157 (96) | 307 (97) | 132 (85) | 152 (96) | 284 (90) |
| Febrile or AT > 37.5 °C | 82 (55) | 89 (54) | 171 (54) | 65 (37) | 49 (28) | 114 (33) |
| Type of visit | ||||||
| New attendance | 144 (94) | 155 (95) | 299 (94) | 172 (99) | 166 (97) | 338 (98) |
| Re-attendance | 10 (6) | 9 (5) | 19 (6) | 2 (1) | 6 (3) | 8 (2) |
| Patient symptoms | ||||||
| Fever | 131 (82) | 154 (88) | 285 (85) | 151 (86) | 143 (84) | 294 (85) |
| HIV exposed | 3 (2) | 1 (1) | 4 (1) | 3 (2) | 2 (1) | 5 (1) |
| HIV-statusa | 27 (20) | 35 (22) | 62 (21) | 6 (4) | 4 (3) | 10 (3) |
| Cough | 91 (57) | 130 (74) | 221 (66) | 122 (69) | 114 (67) | 236 (68) |
| Diarrhea | 48 (30) | 52 (30) | 100 (30) | 44 (25) | 48 (28) | 92 (26) |
| Vomiting | 29 (18) | 32 (18) | 61 (18) | 24 (14) | 36 (21) | 60 (17) |
| Ear pain | 11 (7) | 6 (4) | 17 (5) | 11 (7) | 6 (4) | 17 (5) |
| Ear discharge | 9 (6) | 4 (2) | 13 (4) | 8 (5) | 3 (2) | 11 (3) |
| Diagnoses | ||||||
| One or more danger signs | 0 (0) | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | 3 (2) | 2 (1) | 5 (1) |
| Anemia | 10 (6) | 19 (11) | 29 (9) | 20 (11) | 22 (13) | 42 (12) |
| Cough (no pneumonia) | 58 (36) | 65 (37) | 123 (36) | 72 (41) | 66 (38) | 138 (39) |
| Pneumonia | 29 (18) | 37 (21) | 66 (20) | 33 (19) | 23 (13) | 55 (16) |
| Diarrhea – acute | 24 (15) | 30 (17) | 54 (16) | 19 (11) | 26 (15) | 42 (13) |
| Ear infection | 12 (7) | 4 (2) | 16 (5) | 9 (5) | 8 (5) | 17 (5) |
| Malaria (uncomplicated) | 74 (46) | 83 (49) | 160 (47) | 61 (34) | 62 (36) | 123 (35) |
| Malaria (complicated) | 21 (13) | 33 (19) | 54 (16) | 15 (8) | 19 (11) | 34 (10) |
| Malnutrition (LWA) | 10 (6) | 25 (14) | 35 (10) | 18 (10) | 9 (5) | 27 (8) |
| Severe malnutrition | 3 (2) | 1 (1) | 4 (1) | 4 (2) | 3 (2) | 7 (2) |
| UTI | 6 (4) | 10 (6) | 16 (5) | 3 (2) | 8 (5) | 11 (3) |
| Number of diagnoses | ||||||
| 1 | 62 (39) | 54 (31) | 116 (35) | 72 (41) | 72 (41) | 147 (42) |
| 2 | 64 (40) | 62 (35) | 126 (38) | 69 (39) | 66 (38) | 135 (39) |
| >2 | 33 (21) | 60 (34) | 93 (28) | 36 (20) | 32 (19) | 68 (19) |
a At baseline, reflects children and mothers (of children less than 5 years) whose HIV status was known regardless of results while at endline, it reflects those who were HIV positive. For trainee assessment, of interest was whether the trainee made an effort to ask or not. AT = axillary temperature, LWA = low weight for age
b Not included on the baseline assessment tool