Using electronic technology to improve clinical care – results from a before-after cluster trial to evaluate assessment and classification of sick children according to Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) protocol in Tanzania

Table 2 Completeness of assessment areas under paper-based and electronic systems for five assessment areas not programmed into eIMCI

Assessment area from the IMCI protocol	System
Assessment area from the IMCI protocol	Paper-based system	Electronic system	OR^†	CI	p-value
Child wasting^‡	390 (58.5%)	297 (54.4%)	0.79	(0.53-1.2)	0.256
Palmer pallor^††	369 (55.5%)	250 (48.9%)	0.61	(0.37-0.98)	0.042
Edema^‡‡	65 (9.8%)	66 (12.2%)	1.5	(0.51-4.2)	0.482
Weight-for-height^*	450 (67.2%)	381 (69.8%)	1.1	(0.39-3.0)	0.876
Vaccinations^*	456 (68.1%)	391 (71.6%)	1.1	(0.43-3.0)	0.798

^† Population average from GEE analysis; ^‡ N_p = 667, N_e = 546; ^†† N_p = 665, N_e = 545; ^‡‡ N_p = 664, N_e = 543; ^* N_p = 670, N_e = 546.

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