Table 1.
Site characteristics of the paediatric IeDEA consortium by region (N = 180 sites)
| Asia (N = 16; 9%) | Latin America (N = 7; 4) | Central Africa (N = 18; 10%) | East Africa (N = 33; 18%) | Southern Africa (N = 95; 53%) | West Africa (N = 11; 6%) | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site characteristics | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
| Location | |||||||
| Urban | 15 (94) | 7 (100) | 17 (94) | 12 (36) | 41 (43) | 11 (100) | 103 (57) |
| Rural | 1 (6) | 1 (6) | 21 (64) | 54 (57) | 77 (43) | ||
| Clinic type | |||||||
| Paediatric | 13 (81) | 1 (6) | 1 (3) | 3 (3) | 7 (64) | 25 (14) | |
| Both adult and children | 3 (19) | 7 (100) | 17 (94) | 32 (97) | 92 (97) | 4 (36) | 155 (86) |
| Level | |||||||
| Health centre | 2 (12) | 1 (6) | 13 (39) | 56 (60) | 1 (19) | 73 (41) | |
| District hospital | 16 (49) | 24 (25) | 2 (18) | 42 (23) | |||
| Regional, provincial, or university hospital | 13 (82) | 7 (100) | 17 (94) | 4 (12) | 7 (7) | 8 (73) | 56 (31) |
| Unknown | 1 (6) | 8 (8) | 9 (5) | ||||
| Respondent's role | |||||||
| Clinician | 1 (6) | 4 (12) | 78 (82) | 1 (9) | 84 (47) | ||
| Principal investigator | 12 (75) | 4 (57) | 1 (5) | 2 (6) | 9 (9) | 4 (36) | 32 (18) |
| Head clinician/clinical officer | 2 (12) | 2 (29) | 8 (45) | 22 (67) | 2 (2) | 3 (27) | 39 (22) |
| Head nurse | 6 (33) | 1 (3) | 1 (1) | 8 (4) | |||
| Site manager | 3 (17) | 3 (9) | 4 (4) | 1 (9) | 11 (6) | ||
| Other | 1 (6) | 1 (14) | 1 (3) | 1 (1) | 2 (18) | 6 (3) | |