Table 2.
Characteristics of clusters and community health workers in the intervention and control arms
| Moderate‐to‐high transmission | Low transmission | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control arm | Intervention arm | Control arm | Intervention arm | ||
| Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | ||
| Number of participating villages | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 | |
| Total number of CHWs | 90 | 90 | 96 | 96 | |
| CHWs characteristicsa | |||||
| Total CHWs interviewed | 74 | 81 | 21 | 17 | |
| Age in years | Median | 39 | 40 | 41 | 40 |
| Sex | Male | 24 (32.4) | 26 (32.1) | 6 (28.6) | 2 (11.8) |
| Female | 50 (67.6) | 55 (67.9) | 15 (71.4) | 15 (88.2) | |
| Highest level of school attendance | Never | 1 (1.6) | 6 (6.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Primary | 40 (64.5) | 46 (59.0) | 11 (52.4) | 11 (64.7) | |
| Secondary | 20 (33.9) | 21 (33.3) | 10 (47.6) | 6 (35.3) | |
| Tertiary | 0 (0) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| CHW before | Yes | 47 (65.3) | 39 (52.7) | 14 (66.7) | 7 (41.7) |
| No | 25 (34.7) | 35 (47.3) | 7 (33.3) | 10 (58.8) | |
| Involvement in health activities before | Yes | 21 (30.0) | 31 (45.6) | 5 (26.3) | 5 (31.3) |
| No | 49 (68.1) | 37 (50.0) | 14 (66.7) | 11 (64.7) | |
| Elevation (metres above sea level) | Mean (SD) | 1131.21 (184.9) | 1086.0 (53.7) | 1829.8 (110.0) | 1839.0 (120.9) |
| Patient characteristicsb | |||||
| Total number of children seen by CHW | 699 | 656 | 817 | 403 | |
| Age in years | Mean (SD) | 2.8 (1.5) | 2.6 (1.4) | 2.6 (1.4) | 2.4 (1.5) |
| Sex | Male | 359 (51.7 | 335 (51.1) | 434 (53.2) | 198 (49.3) |
| Female | 336 (48.3) | 320 (48.9) | 382 (46.8) | 204 (50.7) | |
| Slept under a mosquito net the previous night | Yes | 639 (92.7) | 567 (87.4) | 737 (91.1) | 351 (87.8) |
| No | 50 (7.3) | 82 (12.6) | 72 (8.9) | 49 (12.3) | |
| Resident in same village as CHW | Yes | 644 (92.5) | 599 (91.6) | 732 (89.8) | 331 (82.5) |
| No | 52 (7.5) | 55 (8.4) | 83 (10.2) | 70 (17.5) | |
| Time of presentation to CHW after of onset of symptoms | Within 24 h | 641 (93.4) | 544 (84.6) | 698 (88.8) | 319 (80.2) |
| More than 24 h | 45 (6.6) | 99 (15.4) | 88 (11.2) | 79 (19.8) | |
Data missing in moderate‐to‐high transmission setting, for highest level of school attendance: 21 (13 control, 8 intervention); previous CHW status: 9 (2 control arm, 7 intervention); involvement in health activities before: 17 (4 control, 13 intervention). Data missing in low transmission setting, for involvement in health activities before: 3 (2 control, 1 intervention).
Data missing in moderate‐to‐high transmission setting, for age: 4 (2 control, 2 intervention); sex: 5 (4 control, 1 intervention); net use: 17 (10 control, 7 intervention); resident in same village 5 (3 control, 2 intervention); onset of symptoms: 26 (13 control, 13 intervention). Data missing in low transmission setting, for age: 14 (5 control, 9 intervention); sex: 2 (1 control, 1 intervention); net use: 11 (8 control, 3 intervention); resident in same village:4 (2 control, 2 intervention); onset of symptoms: 36 (31 control, 5 intervention).