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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2017 Mar 22;181:54–65. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.03.041

Table 7.

Average Protocol Adherence for Individual Items (Part II)

Item type Did the doctor …
Cough, history taking, under 5 ask about difficulty drinking or breastfeeding? 0.196 (0.059) 0.387 (0.089) + 0.316 (0.110) 0.328 (0.062) 0.250 (0.073) 0.217 (0.088) 0.231 (0.068)
ask if the child had convulsions? 0.283 (0.067) 0.484 (0.091) + 0.474 (0.118) 0.431 (0.066) 0.389 (0.082) 0.217 (0.088) 0.487 (0.081) +
check the child’s ear? 0.196 (0.059) 0.258 (0.080) 0.263 (0.104) 0.153 (0.047) 0.056 (0.039) 0.130 (0.072) 0.231 (0.068)
ask if the child had diarrhea or vomiting? 0.304 (0.069) 0.387 (0.089) 0.474 (0.118) 0.373 (0.063) 0.333 (0.080) 0.478 (0.106) 0.436 (0.080)
ask about the history of vaccinations? 0.500 (0.075) 0.484 (0.091) 0.474 (0.118) 0.610 (0.064) 0.500 (0.085) 0.391 (0.104) 0.564 (0.080)
Diarrhea, history taking ask how long you have had diarrhea? 0.829 (0.065) 0.750 (0.112) 0.800 (0.133) 0.902 (0.047) 0.960 (0.040) 0.952 (0.048) 0.763 (0.070)
ask how often you have a movement? 0.657 (0.081) 0.533 (0.133) 0.500 (0.167) 0.707 (0.072) 0.920 (0.055) + 0.952 (0.048) + 0.711 (0.075)
ask about the way the stool looks? 0.743 (0.075) 0.667 (0.126) 0.500 (0.167) 0.707 (0.072) 0.840 (0.075) 0.762 (0.095) 0.658 (0.078)
as if there was blood in the stool? 0.571 (0.085) 0.467 (0.133) 0.400 (0.163) 0.550 (0.080) 0.720 (0.092) 0.714 (0.101) 0.579 (0.081)
ask if you are vomiting? 0.743 (0.075) 0.733 (0.118) 0.900 (0.100) 0.700 (0.073) 0.760 (0.087) 0.857 (0.078) 0.684 (0.076)
as if you also have a fever? 0.800 (0.069) 0.600 (0.131) 0.900 (0.100) 0.750 (0.069) 0.840 (0.075) 0.667 (0.105) 0.421 (0.081)
Diarrhea, history taking, under 5 ask about difficulty drinking or breastfeeding? 0.545 (0.157) 0.545 (0.157) 0.400 (0.245) 0.400 (0.112) 0.600 (0.163) 0.385 (0.140) 0.455 (0.109)
ask if the child had convulsions? 0.273 (0.141) 0.273 (0.141) 0.400 (0.245) 0.200 (0.092) 0.100 (0.100) 0.154 (0.104) 0.364 (0.105)
check the child’s ear? 0.182 (0.122) 0.364 (0.152) 0.600 (0.245) 0.300 (0.105) 0.500 (0.167) 0.692 (0.133) + 0.364 (0.105)
ask if the child had diarrhea or vomiting? 0.727 (0.141) 0.727 (0.141) 0.800 (0.200) 0.800 (0.092) 1.000 (0.000) + 0.769 (0.122) 0.864 (0.075)
ask questions about the child’s vaccinations? 0.273 (0.141) 0.545 (0.157) 0.400 (0.245) 0.250 (0.099) 0.400 (0.163) 0.385 (0.140) 0.273 (0.097)
Fever, diagnostic * take your temperature? 0.746 (0.037) 0.614 (0.054) 0.553 (0.057) 0.688 (0.031) 0.763 (0.035) 0.718 (0.054) 0.756 (0.038)
check for neck stiffness? 0.338 (0.041) 0.366 (0.054) 0.247 (0.051) 0.272 (0.031) 0.322 (0.038) 0.408 (0.059) 0.356 (0.042)
ask if you felt weakness from lack of blood? 0.346 (0.041) 0.463 (0.055) + 0.233 (0.050) 0.305 (0.032) 0.434 (0.040) 0.634 (0.058) + 0.504 (0.044) +
look in your ears or throat? 0.309 (0.040) 0.366 (0.054) 0.192 (0.046) 0.268 (0.030) 0.368 (0.039) 0.423 (0.059) 0.244 (0.038)
check your stomach? 0.331 (0.040) 0.378 (0.054) 0.192 (0.046) 0.221 (0.028) 0.303 (0.037) 0.338 (0.057) 0.282 (0.039)
ask for a blood slide? 0.750 (0.037) 0.646 (0.053) 0.726 (0.053) 0.775 (0.029) 0.757 (0.035) 0.732 (0.053) 0.664 (0.041)

Columns represent proportion of the time that an item is properly used for 1) baseline, 2) scrutiny, 3) post-scrutiny, 4) short-term post encouragement, 5) medium-term post encouragement, 6) longer term post encouragement, and 7) comparison sample baseline.

+ and − indicate values that are significantly greater and lesser than the baseline.

*

indicates primed items