Table 3.
Items | Disease‐specific PAQC scores | Multimorbidity PAQC scores | Overall patient‐level PAQC score | |||||||||||||
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Malaria | Pneumonia | Diarrhoea/Dehydration | Malaria + Pneumonia | Malaria + Diarrhoea | Pneumonia + Diarrhoea | Malaria + Pneumonia + Diarrhoea | ||||||||||
Baseline n = 953 | Endline n = 750 | Baseline n = 304 | Endline n = 419 | Baseline n = 108 | Endline n = 208 | Baseline n = 548 | Endline n = 579 | Baseline n = 225 | Endline n = 328 | Baseline n = 13 | Endline n = 64 | Baseline n = 37 | Endline n = 132 | Baseline n = 2188 | Endline n = 2480 | |
Primary signs/symptoms of illness documented | 88.56 | 93.87 | 92.11 | 99.05 | 99.07 | 98.08 | 85.77 | 95.34 | 73.33 | 93.90 | 92.31 | 93.75 | 62.16 | 96.97 | 86.88 | 95.60 |
Secondary signs/symptoms of illness documented | 38.51 | 75.73 | 0.00 | 70.88 | 0.00 | 35.58 | 0.18 | 56.99 | 0.00 | 27.44 | 0.00 | 26.56 | 0.00 | 20.45 | 16.82 | 56.57 |
Complete documentation of signs/symptoms | 0.00 | 40.53 | 0.00 | 42.00 | 0.00 | 43.27 | 0.00 | 34.20 | 0.00 | 30.49 | 0.00 | 32.81 | 0.00 | 22.73 | 0.00 | 37.06 |
Illness severity classification made consistent with guidelines | 9.86 | 57.60 | 15.13 | 85.68 | 43.52 | 70.67 | 0.73 | 64.25 | 0.00 | 48.78 | 0.00 | 60.94 | 0.00 | 52.27 | 8.73 | 63.63 |
Choice of drug for treatment is consistent with illness severity as recommended in guidelines | 8.29 | 40.80 | 1.32 | 20.53 | 27.78 | 64.42 | 0.00 | 12.61 | 0.44 | 26.52 | 0.00 | 25.00 | 0.00 | 7.58 | 5.21 | 28.71 |
Selected drug used as recommended in guidelines | 0.10 | 31.47 | 32.57 | 56.80 | 25.00 | 46.63 | 0.00 | 18.83 | 0.00 | 17.68 | 7.69 | 35.94 | 0.00 | 4.55 | 5.85 | 30.93 |
Score median (IQR) | 1 (1–2) | 4 (2–5) | 1 (1–2) | 4 (3–5) | 2 (1–2) | 4 (2–5) | 1 (1–1) | 3 (2–4) | 1 (0–1) | 2 (1–4) | 1 (1–1) | 2 (2–4) | 1 (0–1) | 2 (1–3) | 1 (1–2) | 3 (2–4) |