Table 2

The most common treatments prescribed for non-malarial febrile illnesses

Treatments*

Total (%) n = 1602

Age < 5 years (%) n = 742

Age ≥ 5 years (%) n = 860

RR^† (95%CI)

p-value

Paracetamol

1448 (90%)

655 (88%)

793 (92%)

1.0 (1.0–1.2)

0.003

Cough syrups

767 (48%)

394 (53%)

373 (43%)

1.2 (1.1–1.4)

0.0001

Vitamin C

696 (43%)

363 (49%)

333 (39%)

1.3 (1.1–1.4)

<0.001

Amoxicillin

457 (29%)

233 (31%)

224 (26%)

1.2 (1.0–1.4))

0.018

Other antibiotics

332 (21%)

181 (24%)

151 (18%)

1.4 (1.1–1.7)

0.001

Oral rehydration salts

199 (12%)

111 (15%)

88 (10%)

1.5 (1.1–1.9)

0.004

Vitamin A

63 (4%)

35 (5%)

28 (3%)

1.5 (0.9–2.4)

0.134

* Patients may have been given more than one treatment

^† RR = Relative risk for age < 5 years versus age ≥ 5 years

Njama-Meya et al. Malaria Journal 2007 6:7   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-6-7