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Table 4 Factors associated with accurate recall of treatment actions

From: The exit interview as a proxy measure of malaria case management practice: sensitivity and specificity relative to direct observation

Factor

Diagnosis

AM prescription 1

SP prescription 2

1st dose ingested

Take away dose

 

OR (95% CI)

p

OR (95% CI)

p

OR (95% CI)

p

OR (95% CI)

p

OR (95% CI)

p

Interviewee

          

Patient

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Caregiver

2.9 (1.0, 8.3)

0.05

1.3 (0.8, 2.2)

0.30

1.1 (0.7, 1.8)

0.71

2.0 (0.6, 6.6)

0.23

0.7 (0.1, 3.8)

0.72

Patient sex

          

Male

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Female

1.5 (0.5, 4.4)

0.43

0.6 (0.5, 0.9)

0.01

1.1 (0.8, 1.7)

0.50

2.6 (1.0, 7.0)

0.06

2.2 (0.7, 7.1)

0.20

Patient age

          

< 5 yrs

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

5 yrs +

1.7 (0.8, 3.9)

0.19

1.7 (1.0, 2.8)

0.06

1.1 (0.6, 1.7)

0.84

1.0 (0.3, 3.6)

0.96

1.3 (0.3, 6.1)

0.77

Consult time

          

<17 mins

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

17 mins +

1.3 (0.6, 3.2)

0.52

1.3 (0.8, 2.0)

0.32

1.0 (0.7, 1.6)

0.83

1.1 (0.4, 2.6)

0.90

0.8 (0.3, 2.4)

0.66

  1. 1AM = antimalarial; 2SP = sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine.