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Table 3 Anti-malarial prescription with ideal prescription or treatment classifications, West Gojjam, Oct 2016 – Jan 2017

From: Management of uncomplicated malaria in private health facilities in North-West Ethiopia: a clinical audit of current practices

Description

Ideal Treatment

AL+ sld PQ

Chloroquine 25 mg/kg bw

Over all

Illegible

Actual practices

Illegible

Actual practices

Illegible

Actual

Percentage

Both PPM + NPPM

PPM

NPPM

Both PPM + NPPM

PPM

NPPM

Both PPM + NPPM

PPM

NPPM

Both PPM +NPPM

PPM

NPPM

Microscopy (n = 252)

 P. falciparum

117

63

54

0

0

0

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

117

0

0.0

 Mixed (Pf &Pv)

38

23

15

0

0

0

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

38

0

0.0

 Presumedb

30

12

18

0

0

0

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

30

0

0.0

 P. vivax

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

67

34

33

57

29

28

67

57

85.1

  Sub total

185

98

87

0

0

0

67

34

33

57

29

28

252

57

22.6

  Percentage

   

0.00

0.00

0.00

   

85.1

85.2

84.8

 

22.6

 

RDTs (n = 78)

 P. falciparum

26

16

10

0

0

0

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

26

0

0.0

 Mixed (Pf &Pv or Pf)

11

7

4

0

0

0

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

11

0

0.0

 Presumedb

26

14

12

0

0

0

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

26

0

0.0

 P. vivax

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

15

11

4

11

8

3

15

11

73.3

  Sub total

63

37

26

0

0

0

15

11

4

11

8

3

78

11

14.1

  Percentage

   

0.00

0.00

0.00

   

73.3

72.7

75.0

   

  Grand total

248

135

113

0

0

0

82

45

37

68

37

31

330

68

20.6

  Percentage

   

0.00

0.00

0.00

   

82.9

82.2a

83.8a

 

20.1

 
  1. The table depicts the frequency of records of antimalarial drug prescription in 11 medium clinics in the West Gojjam Zone, Amhara. It also describes the ideal prescription or treatment practices by partnership status
  2. aThe X2 statistic is 0.14. The p-value is .70. This result is not significant at p < .05. Ideal treatment for Pf, Pf or Mixed & presumed malaria with AL plus Sld PQ was Zero; ideal treatment for Pv with CQ was 82.9% (68/82) and over all ideal treatment proportion was 20.6% (68/330).
  3. bnegative microscopy or RDT result but treated as presumed malaria cases