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Table 1 Patient characteristics and admissions data

From: Reduced paediatric hospitalizations for malaria and febrile illness patterns following implementation of community-based malaria control programme in rural Rwanda

 

n (%)

 

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS

Pre

Post

Total

P value

Gender (N = 539)

    

F

161 (50.9)

110 (49.3)

271 (50.3)

0.71

Age (years) (N = 538)

    

<1

143 (45.0)

79 (35.9)

222 (41.2)

 

1 to 5

140 (44.0)

90 (40.9)

230 (42.8)

0.0006

>5

35 (11.0)

51 (23.2)

86 (16.0)

 

ADMISSION DIAGNOSES

    

Total Admissions

322

229

551

 

   Total Suspected Malaria Admissions

287 (89.1)

150 (65.5)

437 (79.3)

 

   Total Other-Cause Admissions

35 (10.9)

79 (34.5)

114 (20.6)

 

Gastrointestinal infections

18 (51.4)

17 (21.5)

35 (30.7)

 

Trauma/burns/bites

5 (14.3)

15 (19.0)

20 (17.5)

 

Skin and soft tissue infections

2 (5.7)

11 (13.9)

13 (11.4)

 

Respiratory infections

1 (2.9)

11 (13.9)

12 (10.5)

 

Other infections

2 (5.7)

9 (11.4)

11 (9.6)

 

CHF

0 (0.0)

6 (7.6)

6 (5.3)

 

Neoplastic disease

1 (2.9)

2 (2.5)

3 (2.6)

 

Meningitis

0 (0.0)

3 (3.9)

3 (2.6)

 

TB

1 (2.9)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.9)

 

HIV complications

1 (2.9)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.9)

 

Other

4 (11.4)

5 (6.3)

9 (7.9)

 
  1. Pre- and post-intervention patient demographic and admissions data are listed. There were 13 children (4 pre- and 9 post-intervention) for whom age was not available. There were 12 children (6 pre- and 6 post-intervention) for whom gender was not available. Percents are recorded as proportion of the pre-intervention total, post-intervention total, or overall admissions total. CHF-congestive heart failure; TB-tuberculosis.