Table 1 Baseline characteristics including care seeking and maternal knowledge about community acquired pneumonia of study population (n = 13,515) by intervention types
Characteristics of Study Population | Facility-based Intervention | Village-based intervention | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | p value | Yes | No | p value | |
Populations Surveyed n (%Male) | 3356(49.8) | 3373(50.1) | 0.76 | 3365(50.0) | 3364(49.9) | 0.99 |
Eligible children 2–59 months age n(%) | 1659(49.5) | 1692(50.4) | 0.42 | 1700(50.7) | 1651(49.2) | 0.23 |
Gender distribution of eligible children | ||||||
Children n (%Male) | 877(52.8) | 874(51.6) | 0.92 | 875(51.4) | 876(53.1) | 0.07 |
Age distribution of eligible children | ||||||
2–11 months n (%) | 425(25.6) | 437(25.8) | 0.89 | 447(26.2) | 415(25.1) | 0.44 |
12–23 months n (%) | 425(25.6) | 402(23.7) | 0.21 | 422(24.8) | 405(24.5) | 0.84 |
24–59 months n(%) | 809(48.7) | 853(50.4) | 0.34 | 831(48.8) | 831(50.3) | 0.40 |
Cases with possible pneumonia and their treatment providers (multiple responses) | ||||||
Children Suffered with possible pneumonia in last one year n (%) | 392(23.6) | 432(25.5) | 0.20 | 420(24.7) | 404(24.4) | 0.87 |
By Home Remedies n (%) | 117(29.8) | 150(34.7) | 0.14 | 121(28.8) | 146(36.1) | 0.03 |
By Medical store Keeper n (%) | 16(4.0) | 5(1.1) | 0.01 | 18(4.2) | 7(1.7) | 0.03 |
By Government Physiciann (%) | 21 (5.4) | 12 (2.8) | 0.06 | 14 (3.3) | 24 (5.9) | 0.05 |
By Private Physician n (%) | 269 (68.6) | 293 (67.8) | 0.81 | 297 (70.7) | 260 (64.4) | 0.05 |
Knowledge of Mothers about symptoms of possible pneumonia | ||||||
Mothers Surveyed (N) | 1231 | 1238 | – | 1239 | 1230 | – |
Mother who heard about pneumonia n /N (%) | 1067/1231 (86.6) | 1115/1238 (90.1) | 0.01 | 1092/1239 (88.1) | 1090/1230 (88.6) | 0.71 |
Fast Breathing n (%) | 150(14.1) | 156(13.9) | 0.96 | 158(14.5) | 148(13.5) | 0.55 |
Chest In drawing n (%) | 164(15.3) | 169(15.2) | 0.89 | 147(13.5) | 186(17.1) | 0.02 |
Inability to drink n (%) | 69(6.4) | 59(5.3) | 0.24 | 63(5.7) | 65(5.9) | 0.85 |
Lethargic n (%) | 32(3.0) | 18(1.6) | 0.01 | 14(1.3) | 27(2.4) | 0.04 |