4 research outputs found
Health worker (HW) performance in classifying children with each of the main symptoms.
No full texta<p>Unit of analysis is the child.</p>b<p>A total of 1357 consultations were observed but different numbers of children presented with each main symptom.</p>c<p>Excluded 145 children where there was no chart available from the mother documenting weight for age.</p>d<p>Carer reported symptom to IMCI expert but not to the health worker when asked.</p
Proportion of classifications correctly identified by health workers.
No full texta<p>denominator different for each main symptom according to the number of observed children with that symptom.</p>b<p>2 missing,</p>c<p>1 missing,</p>d<p>1missing, 145 could not be classified because there was no chart documenting weight for age.</p
Proportion of children with each main symptom assessed correctly by health workers' during the observation period.
No full texta<p>Unit of analysis is the health worker.</p>b<p>Observed health workers saw a different number of children with each of the main symptoms.</p>c<p>Excludes 5 health workers who did not see any child with diarrhoea.</p>d<p>Excludes 1 health worker who did not see any child with fever.</p>e<p>Excludes 13 health workers who did not see any child with an ear problem.</p>f<p>Excludes 24 health workers who did not see a child with any severe classification.</p
