Table 4 Type of care given to sick child in the month preceding the survey by intervention area, Northern Nigeria, 2009 and 2011
Type of care (%) (n with any care) | 2009 Fever/cough | 2011-Fever only | 2011-Cough only | 2011-Fever and cough | 2009-Diarrhea | 2011- Diarrhea | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 1,205 | n = 625 | n = 323 | n = 274 | n = 1,335 | n = 417 | |||||
Control vs. Intervention | C | I | C | I | C | I | C | I | ||
Homecare | ||||||||||
Gave more fluids | NA | 7.9 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 8.2 | NA | 5.4 | 13.8 |
Gave ORS | 18.9 | 3.9 | 9.2 | 1.2 | 9.2 | 1.6 | 10.1 | 32.7 | 4.5 | 7.5 |
Medication use | ||||||||||
Analgesics | 39.0 | 37.6 | 36.3 | 32.1 | 32.5 | 35.6 | 32.7 | 29.9 | 33.8 | 32.7 |
Antibiotics | 35.9 | 26.4 | 32.2 | 37.7 | 31.4 | 31.1 | 34.0 | 36.2 | 37.7 | 34.6 |
Anti-malarial | 57.5 | 19.2 | 18.2 | 20.8 | 20.1 | 24.4 | 20.4 | 55.8 | 10.4 | 18.2 |
Gave cough medicine | NA | 11.2 | 13.4 | 28.3 | 23.1 | 26.7 | 23.8 | NA | 11.7 | 12.6 |
Did nothing | 35.2 | 29.8 | 29.8 | 36.1 | 29.7 | 31.8 | 29.5 | 40.0 | 31.2 | 29.8 |
Total Sick | 2,910 | 178 | 447 | 83 | 240 | 66 | 208 | 1,415 | 112 | 305 |