Predictors of health worker performance after Integrated Management of Childhood Illness training in Benin: a cohort study

Table 3 Patient characteristics

Variable	Mean (%)
	N=8,277 consultations
Age <1 year	40.0
Female sex	45.4
Patient temperature in degrees Celsius, mean (range)	38.0 (31.0, 41.7)
# total IMCI tasks required (case complexity)	26.5 (18, 43)
At least one danger sign	2.7
Gold-standard classification of fever^a	86.2
Gold-standard classification of anemia^a	38.3
Gold-standard classification of pneumonia^a	34.0
Gold-standard classification of diarrhea^a	18.6
Patient complaint of cough or difficult breathing	39.8
Patient complaint of diarrhea	15.3
Patient complaint of fever or malaria	75.2

^aDerived from computer algorithm analysis of documented patient assessment variables

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