Table 3.
Effects of the CLTS intervention on diarrhea duration (based on calendars)
| Diarrhea episodes with an interval of ≥ 2 days | ||
|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Control | |
| Total episodes | 202 | 298 |
| Total children | 409 | 433 |
| Duration of diarrhea | ||
| 1 day | 90 (45%) | 124 (41%) |
| 2 days | 56 (28%) | 91 (31%) |
| 3 days | 32 (16%) | 36 (12%) |
| 4 days | 13 (6%) | 18 (6%) |
| > 4 days | 11 (5%) | 29 (10%) |
| Mean duration, days | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| Mean difference, days* | −0.2 | |
| 95% CI | −0.8 to 0.4 | |
| P value | 0.48 | |
| Mean difference, days† | −0.2 | |
| 95% CI | −0.8 to 0.4 | |
| P value | 0.58 | |
An additional analysis adjusting for more variables is described in Supplemental Table 4.
*
Adjusted for clustering effect and stratification (kebele).
†
Adjusted for clustering effect and stratification, household head’s religion, income, caregiver’s age and education level, child’s age and sex, and type of water source.