Table 2.
Severity and duration of diarrhea among study children across the four intervention arms during the baseline survey, Jan-Mar 2015
| Variables | Arms | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central bundling (n = 167) | HC level bundling (n = 164) | Status quo (n = 169) | Bundling without message (n = 173) | ||
| Median duration of illness during the baseline study (days) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0.069 |
| Mean (±SD) number of episodes in the preceding day of survey | 5.3 (±1.4) | 6.2 (±2.5) | 6.0 (±2.5) | 5.5 (±2.0) | <0.001* |
| Extent of dehydration (%) | |||||
| No dehydration | 74.9 | 65.2 | 76.9 | 82.1 | 0.004* |
| Some dehydration | 25.1 | 34.8 | 23.1 | 17.9 | |
| % who sought for treatment elsewhere before coming to HC | 4.8 | 9.1 | 4.7 | 8.1 | 0.247 |
| % who received antibiotic or antiparasitic drugs at the HC | 35.9 | 39.0 | 44.4 | 39.3 | 0.461 |
* Statistically significant difference at p value of 0.05