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Table 4 Impact of the intervention on prevalence of morbidity and hospitalizations

From: A study to evaluate the acceptability, feasibility and impact of packaged interventions (“Diarrhea Pack”) for prevention and treatment of childhood diarrhea in rural Pakistan

 

Overall

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

 

Intervention

Control

Intervention

Control

Intervention

Control

Intervention

Control

Intervention

Control

n = 9581

n = 8663

n = 2675

n = 1744

n = 2368

n = 1976

n = 2581

n = 2527

n = 1957

n = 2416

Diarrheal prevalence (last 2 weeks)

7.6 (5.9, 9.3)

8.2 (7.8, 8.6)

11.1 (8.5 ,13.8)

7.5 (5.9 ,9.1)

7.1 (5.9 ,8.3)

7.3 (6.8 ,7.8)

7.3 (6.1 ,8.5)

10.1 (7.2 ,13.1)

4.8 (3.7 ,5.9)

8 (5.7 ,10.4)

Relative Risk – Diarrheal prevalence (last 2 weeks)

Ref.

1.11 (1.05, 1.17)

Ref.

0.75 (0.60, 0.93)

Ref.

1.02 (0.91, 1.14)

Ref.

1.25 (0.97, 1.61)

Ref.

1.55 (1.24, 1.95)

ICC- Diarrheal prevalence

−0.03 (−0.06 , 0.97)

0.53 (−0.1 , 1)

−0.27 (−0.33 , 0.97)

0.3 (−0.21 , 1)

0.52 (−0.11 , 1)

Children having current diarrhea

22.1 (8.8 , 35.4)

59.3 (48.5 , 70.2)

39.5 (25.6 , 53.4)

66.5 (61.2 ,71.8)

21.5 (4.3 , 38.7)

65.3 (52 , 78.5)

11.3 (0.9 , 21.6)

54.8 (38.7 , 70.8)

16.3 (0.6 , 31.9)

50.8 (41.7 , 59.8)

Associated Symptoms (Yes)

51.9 (22.4 , 81.3)

64.6 (37 , 92.1)

51.5 (32.9 , 70.1)

65.5 (38.9 ,92.1)

54 (27.8 , 80.2)

63 (38.9 , 87.1)

53.5 (20.9 , 86.1)

64.5 (38.4 , 90.6)

48.5 (15 , 82)

65.3 (38.3 , 92.2)

Hospitalization

2.3 (1.6 , 2.9)

4.2 (1.9 , 6.4)

3.3 (1.5 , 5)

5 (1.7 , 8.3)

1 (0.2 , 1.8)

3.5 (1.1 , 5.9)

3.5 (2.5 , 4.5)

4 (1.2 , 6.8)

1.3 (0.3 , 2.2)

4.3 (0.8 , 7.7)