| Category 1 | Category 2 | Category 3 | All patients | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control NÂ =Â 254 | Intervention NÂ =Â 259 | Control NÂ =Â 262 | Intervention NÂ =Â 257 | Control NÂ =Â 333 | Intervention NÂ =Â 312 | Control NÂ =Â 849 | Intervention NÂ =Â 828 | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Child characteristics | ||||||||
 Age (months) | ||||||||
  < 12 | 25 (9.8) | 20 (7.7) | 25 (9.5) | 26 (10.1) | 29 (8.7) | 36 (11.5) | 79 (9.3) | 82 (9.9) |
  12–59 | 225 (88.6) | 237 (91.5) | 234 (89.3) | 229 (89.1) | 300 (90.1) | 270 (86.6) | 759 (89.4) | 736 (88.9) |
  60 | 4 (1.6) | 2 (0.8) | 3 (1.2) | 2 (0.8) | 4 (1.2) | 6 (1.9) | 11 (1.3) | 10 (1.2) |
 Male gender | 143 (56.3) | 144 (55.6) | 136 (51.9) | 129 (50.2) | 175 (52.6) | 163 (52.2) | 454 (53.5) | 436 (52.7) |
 Weight (kg) | ||||||||
  < 15 | 179 (70.5) | 177 (68.3) | 186 (71.0) | 192 (74.7) | 230 (69.1) | 243 (77.9) | 595 (70.1) | 612 (73.9) |
  15–24 | 75 (29.5) | 82 (31.7) | 76 (29.0) | 64 (24.9) | 103 (30.9) | 69 (22.1) | 254 (29.9) | 215 (26.0) |
  ≥ 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.1) |
Temperature ≥37.5 °C | 172 (67.7) | 178 (68.7) | 173 (66.0) | 177 (68.9) | 242 (72.7) | 231 (74.0) | 587 (69.1) | 586 (70.8) |
Parasite density >10,000/µl | 188 (74.0) | 197 (76.1) | 196 (74.8) | 187 (72.8) | 263 (79.0) | 224 (71.8) | 647 (76.2) | 608 (73.4) |
Caregiver characteristics | ||||||||
 Age (years) | ||||||||
  ≤20 | 41 (16.1) | 62 (23.9) | 54 (20.6) | 57 (22.2) | 56 (16.8) | 63 (20.2) | 151 (17.8) | 182 (22.0) |
  20–40 years | 189 (74.4) | 182 (70.3) | 195 (74.4) | 181 (70.4) | 251 (75.4) | 238 (76.3) | 635 (74.8) | 601 (72.5) |
  >40 | 16 (6.3) | 12 (4.6) | 7 (2.7) | 12 (4.7) | 15 (4.5) | 8 (2.6) | 38 (4.5) | 32 (3.9) |
  Missing age | 8 (3.2) | 3 (1.2) | 6 (2.3) | 7 (2.7) | 11 (3.3) | 3 (0.9) | 25 (2.9) | 13 (1.6) |
 Female gender | 238 (93.7) | 241 (93.1) | 245 (93.5) | 246 (95.7) | 321 (96.4) | 298 (95.5) | 804 (94.7) | 785 (94.8) |
 Relationship to the child | ||||||||
  Mother | 225 (88.6) | 224 (86.5) | 242 (92.4) | 233 (90.7) | 292 (87.7) | 292 (93.6) | 759 (89.4) | 749 (90.5) |
  Father | 15 (5.9) | 13 (5.0) | 10 (3.8) | 10 (3.9) | 13 (3.9) | 12 (3.9) | 38 (4.5) | 35 (4.2) |
  Other | 14 (5.5) | 22 (8.5) | 10 (3.8) | 14 (5.4) | 28 (8.4) | 8 (2.5) | 52 (6.1) | 44 (5.3) |
 Educational level | ||||||||
  No formal education | 3 (1.2) | 11 (4.3) | 8 (3.0) | 8 (3.1) | 9 (2.7) | 10 (3.2) | 20 (2.4) | 29 (3.5) |
  Primary | 153 (60.2) | 160 (61.8) | 163 (62.2) | 165 (64.2) | 211 (63.4) | 198 (63.5) | 527 (62.0) | 523 (63.2) |
  Secondary and above | 97 (38.2) | 87 (33.6) | 88 (33.6) | 84 (32.7) | 111 (33.3) | 104 (33.3) | 296 (34.9) | 275 (33.2) |
  Missing information | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.3) | 3 (1.2) | 0 | 2 (0.6) | 0 | 6 (0.7) | 1 (0.1) |
 Phone ownership status | ||||||||
  Personal | 193 (76.0) | 209 (80.7) | 188 (71.8) | 193 (75.1) | 259 (77.8) | 237 (76.0) | 640 (75.4) | 639 (77.2) |
  Shared | 61 (24.0) | 50 (19.3) | 74 (28.2) | 64 (24.9) | 74 (22.2) | 75 (24.0) | 209 (24.6) | 189 (22.8) |