Table 7.
Illness, care-seeking and case management in the 2 weeks prior to the survey among children 2–59 months of age reported by caregivers from the household survey at baseline (December 2016 to February 2017) and endline surveys (December 2018 to February 2019) in intervention and comparison areas
| Baseline household survey | Endline household survey | Difference-in-differences* | OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI)† | |||
| Intervention | Comparison | Intervention | Comparison | ||||
| % (95% CI) (n) |
% (95% CI) (n) |
% (95% CI) (n) |
% (95% CI) (n) |
% | |||
| Illness in the last 2 weeks | 6 (5 to 8) (n=1434) |
5 (4 to 8) (n=1440) |
13 (11 to 15) (n=2932) |
11 (9 to 14) (n=2707) |
n/a‡ | n/a‡ | n/a‡ |
| Among ill | |||||||
| Care-seeking for any illness§ | 58 (47 to 68) (n=88) |
49 (39 to 60) (n=79) |
39 (32 to 45) (n=381) |
34 (27 to 41) (n=308) |
−4 | 0.62 (0.19 to 2.04) | 0.49 (0.12 to 1.95) |
| ORS with zinc for reported diarrhoea | 32 (14 to 56) (n=19) |
25 (10 to 50) (n=20) |
38 (25 to 51) (n=72) |
30 (19 to 42) (n=47) |
1 | 0.74 (0.04 to 12.26) | 0.70 (0.04 to 13.66) |
| ORS with or without zinc for reported diarrhoea | 53 (30 to 74) (n=19) |
40 (18 to 66) (n=20) |
50 (38 to 62) (n=72) |
53 (38 to 68) (n=47) |
−16 | 0.32 (0.02 to 4.90) | 0.29 (0.02 to 5.33) |
| Antibiotic for possible pneumonia¶ symptoms | 67 (16 to 95) (n=9) |
56 (22 to 85) (n=9) |
62 (38 to 81) (n=21) |
69 (42 to 87) (n=19) |
−18 | 0.29 (0.00 to 26.83) | 0.15 (0.00 to 16.18) |
*Difference-in-differences: the difference in the proportion between intervention and comparison areas at endline subtracted from the difference in proportion between intervention and comparison at baseline.
†Adjusted for religion and distance to nearest health post. Sample size is smaller for adjusted ORs: care-seeking=127 missing data on distance; diarrhoea treatment=23 missing data on distance; antibiotics for possible pneumonia=6 missing data on distance.
‡The difference-in-differences, OR and adjusted OR were not calculated for any illness in the last 2 weeks as this was not an outcome assumed to be influenced by the intervention.
§Care-seeking from hospital, health centre, health post or private clinic.
¶Possible pneumonia cases are those children with reported cough and fast breathing or difficult breathing, but not due to a blocked nose.