Table 2 Anti-malarial treatment practices for febrile children under 5 years of age stratified by the availability of diagnostics, use and result of malaria test
From: Changes in health workers' malaria diagnosis and treatment practices in Kenya
Children aged < 5 years | Health facilities with diagnostics | Health facilities without diagnostics | All health facilities | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Positive test N = 91 (%) | Negative test N = 99 (%) | Test not done N = 377 (%) | All children N = 407 (%) | Total N = 974 (%) |
AL | 68 (74.7) | 40 (40.4) | 229 (60.7) | 282 (69.3) | 619 (63.6) |
AL+QN | 17 (18.7) | 6 (6.1) | 22 (5.8) | 16 (4.0) | 61 (6.3)* |
QN | 5 (5.5) | 3 (3.0) | 10 (2.7) | 8 (2.0) | 26 (2.7) |
SP | 0 | 5 (5.1) | 8 (2.1) | 1 (0.3) | 14 (1.4) |
AQ | 0 | 2 (2.0) | 4 (1.1) | 0 | 6 (0.6) |
QN+SP | 1 (1.1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.1) |
No AM prescribed | 0 | 43 (43.4) | 104 (27.6) | 100 (24.6) | 247 (25.4) |
Any AM prescribed | 91 (100) | 56 (56.6) | 273 (72.4) | 307 (75.4) | 727 (74.6) |
Antibiotic prescribed | 70 (76.9) | 89 (89.9) | 281 (74.5) | 329 (80.8) | 769 (79.0) |