Table 3.
Medication prescribed by CHW according to assessment of fast breathing by CHW and child’s age
| All children N = 537 |
Children aged 2–11 months N = 147 |
Children aged 12–59 months N = 390 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal breathing (%) | Fast breathing (%) | Normal breathing (%) | Fast breathing (%) | Normal breathing (%) | Fast breathing (%) | |
| N = 324 | N = 213 | N = 68 | N = 79 | N = 256 | N = 134 | |
| Received Antibiotics, n | ||||||
| No | 308 (95) | 27 (13) | 65 (89) | 6 (8) | 243 (95) | 21 (16) |
| Yes | 16 (5) | 186 (87) | 3 (4) | 73 (92) | 13 (5) | 113 (84) |
| Colour of Pack Given, n | ||||||
| Pink (for children aged 2–11 months) | 7 (44) | 78 (41) | 2 (67) | 66 (90) | 5 (38) | 12 (11) |
| Green (for children aged 12–59 months) | 8 (50) | 99 (53) | 0 (0) | 3 (4) | 8 (62) | 96 (85) |
| NSa | 1 (6) | 9 (5) | 1 (33) | 4 (6) | 0 (0) | 5 (4) |
| % received antibiotics [95 % CI] | 5 [2,10] | 87 [78,93] | 4 [1,14] | 92 [80,97] | 5 [2,12] | 84 [75,91] |
| p-value* | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | |||
*P-value comparing proportion receiving antibiotics by fast breathing status (CHW), for all children and by age group
a NS not specified