| Pre-Intervention | Intervention | p-valueb) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Training | RDTs | Training + RDTs | Control | p- valuea) |  |
No. of patients included | 1321 | 1120 | 2798 | 1516 | 899 | Â | Â |
Median age (years, range) | 15.9 (1 - 82) | 13.9 (1- 85) | 21.4 (1 - 83) | 15.4 (2 - 80) | 15.1 (1 - 74) | < 0.001 | 0.024 |
Child/Adult ratio | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | < 0.001 | 0.009 |
Sex c) F/M ratio | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | < 0.001 | 0.014 |
Season Dry/Rainy ratio | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.3 | < 0.001 | NS |
Occupations (%)d) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Farmer | 33 | 20 | 54 | 35 | 35 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
   Pupil | 42 | 42 | 30 | 52 | 47 |  |  |
   Other | 25 | 38 | 16 | 13 | 18 |  |  |
Presumptive Diagnoses (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
   Acute Fever | 56 | 67 | 52 | 53 | 45 |  |  |
   Pharyngitis | 22 | 13 | 46 | 26 | 43 |  |  |
   Dengue | 9 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 |  |  |
   Tonsillitis | 6 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 6 |  |  |
   Other e) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |  |  |
Antibiotic treatment (%) | 77 | 81 | 57 | 44 | 90 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Intravenous fluid (%) | 23 | 8 | 51 | 13 | 2 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |