Table 3 Prescription pattern for the recent episode of diarrhea
Overall | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | |
n = 9009 | n = 6590 | n = 2414 | n = 1312 | n = 2262 | n = 1481 | n = 2513 | n = 1958 | n = 1820 | n = 1839 | |
ORS | 80.9 (68.5, 93.2) | 25.7 (15.8, 35.6) | 66.5 (52, 81) | 26.3 (8.8, 43.7) | 82.8 (69.2, 96.3) | 20.8 (10.8, 30.7) | 89 (80.1, 97.9) | 27.0 (21.9, 32.1) | 84.3 (70.9, 97.6) | 28.5 (21.8, 35.2) |
Zinc | 83.3 (73.2, 93.3) | 25.6 (15.8, 35.5) | 68.5 (55.9, 81.1) | 26.2 (8.5, 43.6) | 85.5 (74.4 , 96.6) | 20.5 (10.6 , 30.1) | 91.8 (84.3 , 99.2) | 27.3 (21.4 , 32.3) | 87.3 (75.7 , 98.8) | 28.7 (21.3 , 35.4) |
Antibiotics | 8.9 (5.2 , 12.7) | 38.8 (32.1 , 45.4) | 11.5 (5.2 , 17.8) | 34.8 (21.5 , 48) | 8.8 (3.9 , 13.6) | 32.8 (21.1 , 44.4) | 9.3 (4.7 , 13.8) | 44.3 (38.1 , 50.4) | 6.3 (2.1 , 10.4) | 43.3 (31.6 , 54.9) |
Anti-diarrheal | 1.4 (0.5 , 2.4) | 1.7 (1 , 2.4) | 1.5 (0.9 , 2.1) | 1.8 (0.8 , 2.7) | 1.3 (0.7 , 1.8) | 1.8 (1.2 , 2.3) | 2 (0.1 , 3.9) | 1.5 (0.5 , 2.5) | 1 (−1 , 3) | 1.8 (0.8 , 2.7) |
Anti-emetic | 0.6 (−0.2 , 1.3) | 0.6 (−0.2 , 1.4) | 1 (−0.4 , 2.4) | 0.8 (−0.2 , 1.7) | 0.8 (−0.2 , 1.7) | 0.8 (−0.2 , 1.7) | 0.5 (−0.1 , 1.1) | 0.5 (−0.1 , 1.1) | 0 (0 , 0) | 0.5 (−0.1 , 1.1) |
IV fluids | 1.2 (0.6 , 1.8) | 3.1 (0.9 , 5.2) | 1 (0.2 , 1.8) | 3.3 (1.5 , 5) | 0.5 (−0.1 , 1.1) | 1.8 (0.8 , 2.7) | 0.6 (0.2, 1.1) | 3.3 (0.6 , 5.9) | 1.3 (0.3 , 2.2) | 4 (1 , 7) |