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Table 3 Antimalarial treatments for patients who needed management with AL as defined by national guidelines

From: Malaria case-management under artemether-lumefantrine treatment policy in Uganda

All health facilities

< 5 years (N = 461)

≥ 5 years (N = 739)

All patients (N = 1200)

 

n (%)

95% CI

n (%)

95% CI

n (%)

95% CI

   AL

306 (66.4)

61.1–71.7

415 (56.2)

50.3–62.0

721 (60.1)

55.6–64.6

   CQ+SP

35 (7.6)

4.8–10.4

133 (18.0)

13.2–22.8

168 (14.0)

10.7–17.3

   Quinine

27 (5.9)

3.1–8.6

21 (2.8)

1.4–4.3

48 (4.0)

2.6–5.4

   Chloroquine

10 (2.2)

0.7–3.6

22 (3.0)

1.4–4.6

32 (2.7)

1.5–3.9

   SP

2 (0.4)

0–1.0

7 (1.0)

0–2.1

9 (0.8)

0–1.5

   Other antimalarial treatments*

16 (3.5)

1.4–5.6

14 (1.9)

0.5–3.3

30 (2.5)

1.2–3.8

   No antimalarial prescribed

65 (14.1)

10.8–17.4

127 (17.2)

13.9–20.5

192 (16.0)

13.5–18.5

Facilities with AL in stock

< 5 years (N = 428)

≥ 5 years (N = 644)

All patients (N = 1072)

 

n (%)

95% CI

n (%)

95% CI

n (%)

95% CI

   AL

297 (69.4)

64.2–74.6

388 (60.3)

54.2–66.3

685 (63.9)

59.5–68.3

   CQ+SP

22 (5.1)

2.8–7.5

95 (14.8)

10.1–19.4

117 (10.9)

8.0–13.9

   Quinine

22 (5.1)

2.4–7.9

16 (2.5)

1.0–4.0

38 (3.5)

2.2–4.9

   Chloroquine

9 (2.1)

0.6–3.6

16 (2.5)

0.8–4.2

25(2.3)

1.1–3.6

   SP

2 (0.5)

0–1.1

6 (0.9)

0–2.2

8 (0.8)

0–1.6

   Other antimalarial treatments†

15 (3.5)

1.3–5.7

12 (1.9)

0.3–3.4

27 (2.5)

1.1–4.0

   No antimalarial prescribed

61 (14.3)

10.8–17.7

111 (17.2)

13.8–20.7

172 (16.0)

13.4–18.7

  1. * Other antimalarial treatments include artemether (2), AQ+SP (2), AL+SP (8), AL+CQ+SP (2), QN+SP (6), AL+QN (4), AL+CQ (6)
  2. † Other antimalarial treatments include artemether (1), AQ+SP (2), AL+SP (8), AL+CQ+SP (2), QN+SP (6), AL+QN (3), AL+CQ (5)