Table 1. Characteristics of sick 2–59 months old children at health posts who were offered integrated community case management services at baseline (December 2016- February 2017) and endline surveys (December 2018-February 2019) in intervention and comparison areas.
| Characteristics | Baseline | Endline | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention n = 315 | Comparison n = 305 | Intervention n = 395 | Comparison n = 310 | |||||
| Region | N | % 95%CI | N | % 95%CI | N | % 95%CI | N | % 95%CI |
| Amhara | 157 | 50 (44–56) | 108 | 35 (30–41) | 183 | 46 (41–51) | 85 | 27 (23–33) |
| Oromia | 76 | 24 (20–29) | 121 | 40 (34–45) | 119 | 30 (27–35) | 151 | 49 (43–54) |
| Tigray | 50 | 16 (12–20) | 40 | 13 (10–17) | 58 | 15 (11–19) | 66 | 21 (17–26) |
| Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People | 32 | 10 (7–14) | 36 | 12 (8–16) | 35 | 9 (6–12) | 8 | 3 (1–5) |
| Age | ||||||||
| 2–11 months | 123 | 39 (34–45) | 80 | 26 (21–32) | 128 | 32 (28–37) | 106 | 34 (29–40) |
| 12–23 months | 90 | 29 (24–34) | 100 | 33 (28–38) | 121 | 31 (26–35) | 89 | 29 (24–34) |
| 24–35 months | 47 | 15 (11–19) | 48 | 16 (12–20) | 66 | 17 (13–21) | 53 | 17 (13–22) |
| 36–47 months | 33 | 10 (7–14) | 42 | 14 (10–18) | 46 | 12 (9–15) | 40 | 13 (9–17) |
| 48–59 months | 22 | 7 (4–10) | 35 | 11 (8–16) | 34 | 9 (6–12) | 22 | 7 (5–11) |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Boys | 168 | 53 (48–59) | 169 | 55 (50–61) | 206 | 52 (47–57) | 142 | 46 (40–52) |
| Girls | 147 | 47 (41–52) | 136 | 45 (39–50) | 189 | 48 (43–53) | 168 | 54 (48–60) |
| Complaints presented as the reason to seek care at the health post * | ||||||||
| Cough or difficult breathing | 117 | 37 (32–43) | 109 | 35 (30–41) | 219 | 55 (50–60) | 170 | 55 (49–60) |
| Diarrhoea | 126 | 40 (35–46) | 98 | 32 (27–38) | 258 | 65 (60–70) | 129 | 42 (36–47) |
| Vomiting | 44 | 14 (10–18) | 40 | 13 (10–17) | 43 | 11 (8–14) | 38 | 12 (9–16) |
| Fever | 85 | 27 (22–32) | 78 | 26 (21–31) | 79 | 20 (16–24) | 58 | 19 (15–24) |
| Ear problem | 16 | 5 (3–8) | 21 | 7 (4–10) | 20 | 5 (3–8) | 13 | 4 (2–7) |
* A child may have more than one complaint; therefore, the numbers in the individual columns may add to more than the total number of observed children.