Table 7.
Predictors of recommended treatment among patients 2–59 months of age meeting criteria for uncomplicated pneumonia (N = 132)
| Characteristic | N | Weighted % given recommended treatment* | Unadjusted odds ratio (95% CI) | P value | Adjusted odds ratio† (95% CI) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient related | ||||||
| Age group | ||||||
| 2–11 months | 35 | 78.6 | 2.8 (0.95–8.0) | 0.062 | 1.9 (0.6–6.0) | 0.264 |
| 12–59 months | 97 | 57.1 | Referent | Referent | ||
| Caregivers' spontaneous report of cough or difficult breathing | ||||||
| Yes | 95 | 70.2 | 4.0 (1.1–15.0) | 0.005 | 2.8 (1.2–6.8) | 0.023 |
| No | 37 | 36.9 | Referent | Referent | ||
| HCW related | ||||||
| HCW diagnosis of malaria | ||||||
| Yes | 71 | 52.6 | 0.3 (0.1–0.7) | 0.007 | 0.5 (0.2–0.99) | 0.046 |
| No | 61 | 77.4 | Referent | Referent | ||
| Sex of HCW‡ | ||||||
| Male | 102 | 57.5 | 0.4 (0.1–1.1) | 0.085 | 0.5 (0.2–1.5) | 0.242 |
| Female | 29 | 78.2 | Referent | Referent | ||
| HCW received IMCI-specific training‡ | ||||||
| Yes | 34 | 76.0 | 2.3 (0.8–6.4) | 0.109 | 2.7 (0.9–8.8) | 0.093 |
| No | 97 | 57.9 | Referent | Referent | ||
CI = confidence interval; HCW = health-care worker; IMCI = integrated management of childhood illness.
Weighted percent of those who received recommended treatment within each subcategory. Accounts for outpatient department and patient sampling probabilities and nonresponse. The analysis also accounts for clustering at the health facility level.
Confounding was tested for the following variables, but was found not to be present: sex of patient, presence of fever, respiratory rate measurement by HCW, years of experience caring for patients, supervisory visits in the last 6 months, years of formal training, access to a copy of IMCI guidelines, access to a copy of acute respiratory illness guidelines, number of patient visits per day at the selected outpatient department, functioning timer for counting respiratory rates, health facility operator.
Information missing from one HCW.