Table 3.
Electronic (N = 167) | Paper (N = 171) | Control (N = 166) | Overall (N = 504) | |
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Proportion % (three HFs range†) | Proportion % (three HFs range†) | Proportion % (three HFs range†) | Proportion % | |
Demographics | ||||
Children aged 2–11 months | 43 (41–47) | 36 (28–40) | 32 (25–41) | 37 |
Girls | 48 (38–57) | 46 (43–52) | 51 (44–55) | 48 |
Symptoms | ||||
Fever* | 75 (69–80) | 64 (59–67) | 73 (72–75) | 71 |
Cough | 69 (65–72) | 64 (57–74) | 65 (63–69) | 66 |
Fever* and cough | 55 (51–57) | 44 (39–51) | 46 (42–49) | 49 |
Diarrhea | 23 (22–24) | 17 (12–24) | 20 (17–24) | 20 |
Skin lesion | 7 (2–13) | 12 (7–21) | 5 (2–7) | 8 |
Ear problem | 0 | 4 (3–4) | 2 (0–4) | 2 |
Disease classification (expert) | ||||
Severe disease | 1 (0–2)§ | 2 (0–4)‡ | 0 | 1 |
Malaria | 1 (0–2) | 1 (0–4) | 2 (0–5) | 1 |
Pneumonia | 14 (12–15) | 6 (4–7) | 11 (4–20) | 10 |
Cough or cold | 55 (51–57) | 57 (54–63) | 53 (47–59) | 55 |
Acute diarrhea | 22 (20–24) | 17 (12–24) | 19 (17–24) | 19 |
Dysentery | 1 (0–2) | 0 | 1 (0–4) | 1 |
UTI | 1 (0–2) | 1 (0–2) | 1 (0–2) | 1 |
Likely viral | 11 (7–15) | 10 (4–18) | 16 (11–21) | 12 |
HF = Health facility; UTI = urinary tract infection.
History of fever as mentioned by the caretaker.
Range of proportions in the three health facilities.
Three severe classifications: one severe malnutrition, one severe anemia, one “vomits everything”.
Severe anemia.