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Table 3 Medication prescribed by CHW according to assessment of fast breathing by CHW and child’s age

From: Rational use of antibiotics by community health workers and caregivers for children with suspected pneumonia in Zambia: a cross-sectional mixed methods study

 

All children

N = 537

Children aged 2–11 months

N = 147

Children aged 12–59 months

N = 390

Normal breathing (%)

Fast breathing (%)

Normal breathing (%)

Fast breathing (%)

Normal breathing (%)

Fast breathing (%)

N = 324

N = 213

N = 68

N = 79

N = 256

N = 134

Received Antibiotics, n

 No

308 (95)

27 (13)

65 (89)

6 (8)

243 (95)

21 (16)

 Yes

16 (5)

186 (87)

3 (4)

73 (92)

13 (5)

113 (84)

Colour of Pack Given, n

 Pink (for children aged 2–11 months)

7 (44)

78 (41)

2 (67)

66 (90)

5 (38)

12 (11)

 Green (for children aged 12–59 months)

8 (50)

99 (53)

0 (0)

3 (4)

8 (62)

96 (85)

 NSa

1 (6)

9 (5)

1 (33)

4 (6)

0 (0)

5 (4)

 % received antibiotics [95 % CI]

5 [2,10]

87 [78,93]

4 [1,14]

92 [80,97]

5 [2,12]

84 [75,91]

p-value*

 

<0.01

 

<0.01

 

<0.01

  1. *P-value comparing proportion receiving antibiotics by fast breathing status (CHW), for all children and by age group
  2. aNS not specified