TABLE 2.
Quality Insurance of malaria case management assessment.
| Quality Insurance | Health facility | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCLK | CASOP | Total | |||||
| n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | N | |
| Dosage (n = 586) | |||||||
| Accurate dosage | 503 | 51.2 | 48.1–54.3 | 478 | 48.7 | 45.6–51.8 | 981 |
| High dosage | 16 | 20.0 | 12.7–30.0 | 64 | 80.0 | 69.9–87.2 | 80 |
| Low dosage | 55 | 62.5 | 52.0–71.8 | 33 | 37.5 | 28.1–47.9 | 88 |
| Not documented | 12 | 52.1 | 32.9–70.7 | 11 | 47.8 | 29.5–67.0 | 23 |
| Total | 586 | - | - | 586 | - | - | 1172 |
| Duration of Rx (n = 586) | |||||||
| Normal | 560 | 49.2 | 46.3–52.1 | 577 | 50.7 | 47.8–53.6 | 1172 |
| Short | 15 | 93.7 | 71.6–98.8 | 1 | 6.2 | 1.1–28.3 | 16 |
| Not documented | 11 | 57.8 | 36.2–76.8 | 8 | 42.1 | 23.1–63.7 | 19 |
| Total | 586 | - | - | 586 | - | - | 1172 |
| Intervals (n = 587) | |||||||
| Appropriate | 584 | 50.2 | 47.3–53 | 579 | 49.7 | 46.9–52.6 | 1163 |
| Inappropriate | 3 | 17.6 | 6.1–41.0 | 14 | 82.3 | 58.9–93.8 | 17 |
| Total | 587 | - | - | 593 | - | - | 1180 |
| Routes (n = 620) | |||||||
| Intravenous | 61 | 37.4 | 30.3–45.0 | 102 | 62.5 | 54.9–69.6 | 163 |
| Oral | 515 | 51.5 | 48.4–54.6 | 484 | 48.4 | 45.3–51.5 | 999 |
| Intra rectal | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Not recorded | 43 | 43 | 33.7–52.7 | 57 | 57 | 47.2–66.2 | 100 |
| Total | 620 | - | - | 643 | - | - | 1263 |
Source: Authors’ original data
CCLK, Centre Chrétien du Lac Kivu [Lake Kivu Christian Centre]; CASOP, Caisse de Solidarité Ouvrière et Paysanne [Fund of Solidarity Workers and Peasants].
n, given as means of number; N, total number of participants; CI, confidence interval; Rx, treatment.