Table 5.
Dispensing and counselling practices for febrile patients treated with antibiotics
| Dispensing and counselling tasks | <5 years (N = 81) | 5 years and older (N = 81) | All age groups (N = 162) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | 95 % CI | n | % | 95 % CI | n | % | 95 % CI | |
| Explained how to take drugs | 76 | 93.8 | 87.3–97.1 | 77 | 95.1 | 85.5–98.4 | 153 | 94.4 | 90.1–97.0 |
| Advised to complete all doses | 52 | 64.2 | 49.5–76.7 | 59 | 72.8 | 51.7–87.1 | 111 | 68.5 | 52.6–81.1 |
| Weighed | 27 | 33.3 | 18.1–53.1 | 19 | 24.1 | 9.6–48.5 | 46 | 28.8 | 15.2–47.6 |
| Asked to return immediately if sickera | 16 | 19.8 | 10.7–33.5 | 20 | 25.0 | 14.7–39.1 | 36 | 22.4 | 14.9–32.2 |
| Asked to return if fever persistsa | 13 | 16.1 | 8.6–27.9 | 17 | 21.3 | 12.6–33.5 | 30 | 18.6 | 12.3–27.2 |
| First dose given at HF | 6 | 7.4 | 2.6–19.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.3–17.3 | 8 | 4.9 | 1.3–16.6 |
| Advised what to do if vomiting | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2–9.6 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2–9.6 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3–5.5 |
aDenominator does not include one patient with a missing value response