Table 6

Health outcomes of the management of febrile childhood illness in the respective study Arms

Patient outcome

Clinical algorithm + microscopy (Arm-I) n/N (%)

Clinical algorithm (Arm-II) n/N (%)

No special training (Arm-III) n/N (%)

Re-attending on Day 1–6 with complaints

17/973 (1.7)

17/1058 (1.6)

40/1100 (3.6)

Re-attending on Day 1–6 with parasitaemia

8/17 (47.1)

10/17 (58.8)

24/40 (60)

Routine visit on Day 7 with complaints

94/934 (10.1)

47/826 (5.7)

41/961 (4.3)

Routine visit Day 7 with complaints and parasitaemia

19/94 (20)

7/47 (14.9)

10/41 (24.4)

Routine visit Day 7 with parasitaemia*

87/857 (10.2)

97/786 (12.3)

141/821 (17.2)

Referred Day 1–7

3/973 (0.3)

13/1058 (1.2)

3/1100 (0.3)

Death Day 1–7

0

1

0

*Blood smears missing from 77, 40 and 140 children in Arm-I, Arm-II and Arm-III respectively.

Ngasala et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:199   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-199