Table 1 Completeness of assessment areas under paper-based and electronic systems for ten assessment areas programmed into eIMCI
Assessment area from the IMCI protocol | System | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paper-based system | Electronic system | OR† | CI | p-value | |
(Np = 671) | (Ne = 550) | ||||
Vomiting everything | 518 (77.2%) | 526 (95.6%) | 6.3 | (1.2-34.5) | 0.033 |
Ability to drink | 464 (70.3%) | 527 (95.8%) | 9.5 | (2.3-39.6) | 0.002 |
Ability to breastfeed‡‡ | 310 (83.3%) | 308 (97.8%) | 7.8 | (2.5-24.8) | <0.001 |
Convulsions‡ | 519 (77.7%) | 544 (99.1%) | 26.1 | (9.9-68.7) | <0.001 |
Visibly awake†† | 540 (80.6%) | 528 (96.2%) | 5.6 | (2.6-12.2) | <0.001 |
Diarrhea | 581 (86.6%) | 549 (99.8%) | 92.1 | (7.5-1118.8) | <0.001 |
Fever | 656 (97.8%) | 548 (99.6%) | 6.6 | (1.3-32.8) | 0.022 |
Cough/difficulty breathing | 602 (89.7%) | 548 (99.6%) | 27.4 | (6.8-111.1) | <0.001 |
Ear problems | 408 (60.8%) | 545 (99.1%) | 61.6 | (18.4-206.4) | <0.001 |
Feeding change during illness* | 377 (64.1%) | 448 (92.4%) | 6.8 | (2.6-17.6) | <0.001 |