Table 6.
RECO – relais communautaire performance on assessment of danger signs and referral
| Correct performance (No. %) |
Intervention performance relative to control |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Control |
Intervention |
aOR* |
95% CI |
P-value |
|
|
All children |
N = 74 |
N = 78 |
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| All relevant danger signs assessed† |
19 (25.7) |
49 (62.8) |
4.6 |
(2.1-10.0) |
<0.001 |
| Correct referral decision |
62 (83.8) |
72 (92.3) |
4.3 |
(1.1-16.4) |
0.032 |
|
Children with danger signs |
N = 14 |
N = 23 |
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| Correctly referred |
7 (50.0) |
20 (87.0) |
24.2 |
(1.9-300.2) |
0.013 |
| Received correct pre-referral treatment | 1 (7.1) | 10 (43.5) | 68.3‡ | (1.6-2813.2) | 0.026 |
RECO – relais communautaire, aOR – adjusted odds ratio, CI – confidence interval
*Adjusted for age of the child, the condition and complexity of the child’s condition, the age, sex, education and occupation of the RECO and the health zone.
†Relevant danger signs here exclude signs obviously absent (lethargy or inability to eat in a child observed breastfeeding) or absent by inference (bloody stools in a child without diarrhea).
‡Adjusted for age of the child, the age, sex, education and occupation of the RECO and the health zone.