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Table 4 Knowledge of malaria and pneumonia by community health workers in Iganga-Mayuge DSS

From: Performance of community health workers under integrated community case management of childhood illnesses in eastern Uganda

Characteristic

Dual arm (n = 57)

Single (n = 68)

P-value

Mention fever as sign of malaria, n (%)

53 (93.0)

68 (100)

0.03

Knowledge score on six malaria signs ¶

  Mean

54.1

52.5

0.64

  SD

21.2

17.6

 

Know malaria transmission, n (%)

52 (91.2)

64 (94.1)

0.53

Know ITNs as malaria prevention method, n (%)

49 (86.0)

62 (91.2)

0.36

Malaria prevention knowledge score ¶

  Median

57.1

42.9

0.46

  min, max

14.3, 71.4

14.3, 71.4

 

Overall malaria knowledge score

  Mean

64.5

63.4

0.67

  SD

15.7

11.4

 

Knowledge score of four general danger signs

  Median

75.0

75.0

0.47

  min, max

0, 100

0, 100

 

Mention at least one danger sign, n (%)

57 (100)

67 (98.5)

0.36

Malaria and danger signs knowledge score

  Median

71.9

69.8

0.37

  Min, max

22.9, 93.2

18.2, 93.8

 

Pneumonia knowledge in dual management arm

Pneumonia signs knowledge score

  Median

60

  

  min, max

20, 100

  

Pneumonia prevention knowledge score

  Median

20

  

  Min, max

0, 80

  

Overall pneumonia knowledge score

  Median

40

  

  Min, max

10, 80

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