Table 3.
Effect of the intervention with different age groups of under-five children of randomized cluster trial: Jigjiga district, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia, 2015.
| Age group | Control group (N = 596) |
Intervention group (N = 603) |
% of reduction | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of DD episode | PWO | DD incidence | Number of DD episode | PWO | DD incidence | |||
| < 12 months | 358 | 5592 | 6.4 | 251 | 5808 | 4.3 | 33 | < 0.01 |
| 12–24 months | 262 | 4200 | 6.2 | 192 | 4416 | 4.3 | 31 | < 0.01 |
| 24–59 months | 285 | 4512 | 6.3 | 151 | 4248 | 3.5 | 44 | < 0.01 |
| All < 5 years | 905 | 14,304 | 6.3 | 594 | 14,472 | 4.1 | 35 | < 0.01 |
DD = Diarrhoeal disease, PWO = person-week observation, DD incidence is number of DD episodes/PWO per 100 person-weeks.