Table 2.
Comparison of Community Health Worker Rapid Diagnostic Test Result Versus Expert Clinical Assistant Results
| RDT Reading by Experienced Clinical Assistance |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive |
Negative |
Invalid |
Total |
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| RDT by CHW | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
| Positive | 1312 | 90.7 | 132 | 9.1 | 2 | 0.1 | 1447a | 100 |
| Negative | 127 | 30.8 | 284 | 68.8 | 2 | 0.5 | 413 | 100 |
| Total | 1439 | 77.4 | 416 | 22.4 | 4 | 0.2 | 1860a | 100 |
Level of agreement: 86.04% (κ = 0.60, P < .001).
Abbreviations: CHW, community health worker; RDT, rapid diagnostic test.
a In the denominators, 1 child with missing reading by expert included.