Table 3 Performance of eIMCI and pIMCI practitioners in the classification of sick children
| Â | eIMCI N=152 | pIMCI N=139 | Adjusted. p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Symptom | Symptom present | Correctly classified n (%) | Symptom present | Correctly classified n (%) | |
Cough or difficult breathing | 76 | 57 (75.0) | 73 | 65 (89.0) | 0.06 |
Dehydration | 25 | 17 (68.0) | 12 | 11 (91.7) | 0.16 |
Fever | 44 | 16 (36.4) | 43 | 29 (67.4) | 0.01 |
Ear infection | 5 | 3 (60.0) | 10 | 7 (70.0) | 0.6 |
Children with all presenting symptoms correctly classified | 109 | 59 (54.1) | 105 | 61(58.1) | 0.67 |
Screening conditions | |||||
 Malnutrition | 152 | 115 (75.7) | 139 | 87 (62.6) | 0.07 |
 Anaemia | 152 | 149 (98.0) | 139 | 83 (59.7) | <0.001 |
 HIV | 152 | 106 (69.7) | 139 | 50 (36.0) | <0.001 |
 TB | 152 | 124 (81.6) | 139 | 100 (71.9) | 0.17 |
 Children with all screening conditions correctly classified | 152 | 79 (52.0) | 139 | 25 (18.0) | <0.01 |