Quality of sick child management by health extension workers: role of a complex improvement intervention

Table 6 Proportion of appropriately classified sick children at baseline (December 2016 to February 2017) and end line (December 2018 to February 2019) in intervention and comparison areas

Indicators	Baseline survey					End line survey					Difference-in-differences^a (%)	P-value†
	Intervention		Comparison		Difference (%)	Intervention		Comparison		Difference (%)
	n	% (95% CI)	n	% (95% CI)	Difference (%)	n	% (95% CI)	n	% (95% CI)	Difference (%)
Pneumonia: proportion of sick children-
With respiratory complaints appropriately classified for pneumonia^b	119	87(80,92)	120	86(79,91)	1	49	60(49,70)	35	54(42,66)	6	5	0.88
Acute malnutrition: proportion of children-
With complaints appropriately classified for acute malnutrition^c	232	93(89,96)	245	97(94,98)	-4	271	95(92,97)	200	92(88,95)	3	7	0.09

^aDifference-in-differences: the difference in the proportion between the intervention and comparison areas at the end line subtracted by the difference in intervention and comparison area at the baseline
^bDenominator: Baseline (intervention = 137, comparison = 140); End line (intervention = 82, comparison = 65)
^cDenominator: Baseline (intervention = 249, comparison = 253); End line (intervention = 285, comparison = 217)
^†P-value obtained from the logistic regression model for the difference-in-difference analysis (for the difference between intervention and comparison groups over time). P-value was adjusted for clustering and age

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