Table 3.

Performance measures of regression coefficients after MI of missing covariates and conventional method in handling missing PAQC score subcomponents in the treatment domain: MAR mechanism.

	Proportion missing
		3%				10%				40%
Effect	True esta	Bias	Model-based SE	Emp SEb	MSEc	Bias	Model-based SE	Emp SE	MSE	Bias	Model-based SE	Emp SE	MSE
PAQC score intercept 1	−7.825	0.141	0.015	0.016	0.020	0.171	0.023	0.024	0.03	0.484	0.036	0.037	0.236
PAQC score intercept 2	−2.253	−0.386	0.031	0.031	0.150	−0.697	0.450	0.451	0.688	−0.808	0.154	0.154	0.677
PAQC score intercept 3	−1.189	−0.736	0.080	0.081	0.548	−0.801	0.322	0.323	0.743	−0.900	0.414	0.415	0.982
PAQC score intercept 4	0.083	−0.542	0.584	0.586	0.637	−0.665	0.187	0.188	0.477	−0.798	0.143	0.145	0.657
PAQC score intercept 5	1.371	−0.594	0.236	0.238	0.409	−0.727	0.370	0.374	0.669	−0.805	0.254	0.255	0.710
PAQC score intercept 6	2.246	−0.092	0.135	0.136	0.027	−0.113	0.204	0.205	0.054	−0.186	0.232	0.233	0.088
Age-group:12-59	0.154	0.086	0.084	0.085	0.015	0.106	0.146	0.148	0.033	0.175	0.173	0.173	0.061
Child sex: males	−0.046	−0.061	0.216	0.217	0.051	−0.074	0.260	0.261	0.074	−0.122	0.278	0.279	0.092
Comorbidities: 0	0.474	−0.293	0.230	0.230	0.139	−0.358	0.015	0.017	0.128	−0.593	0.071	0.071	0.357
Comorbidities: 1	0.309	−0.302	0.334	0.335	0.203	−0.370	0.557	0.558	0.448	−0.612	0.643	0.646	0.791
Comorbidities: 2	0.335	−0.250	0.389	0.390	0.215	−0.305	0.571	0.571	0.419	−0.505	0.642	0.644	0.670
Clinicians’ sex: female	0.337	−0.007	0.021	0.022	0.001	−0.007	0.017	0.018	0.011	−0.011	0.017	0.018	0.001
Clinicians’ cadre: MOd	0.038	0.140	0.156	0.157	0.044	0.170	0.055	0.056	0.032	0.281	0.015	0.016	0.079
Hospital workload: low	−0.367	−0.142	0.148	0.149	0.042	−0.173	0.251	0.252	0.093	−0.285	0.291	0.292	0.166
Malaria prevalence: low	−0.189	0.358	0.307	0.307	0.222	0.439	0.172	0.172	0.222	0.726	0.276	0.277	0.603
Enhanced A&Fe	−0.002	−0.005	0.193	0.194	0.038	−0.008	0.189	0.190	0.036	−0.017	0.181	0.182	0.033
Time (months)	−1.754	0.034	0.720	0.721	0.521	0.041	0.696	0.697	0.488	0.068	0.687	0.688	0.477
Time× Enhanced A&F	0.226	−0.063	0.161	0.162	0.030	−0.077	0.110	0.111	0.017	−0.129	0.127	0.127	0.033

^aTrue estimate.

^bEmpirical standard error.

^cMean square error.

^dMedical Officer.

^eAudit and feedback.