Improving the Assessment and Classification of Sick Children according to the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) Protocol at Sanja Primary Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: A Pre-Post Interventional Study

Table 3

Completeness of the IMCI protocol component for a sick child in Sanja primary hospital, northwest Ethiopia, May 2019.

IMCI components’ checked for a sick child	Completeness of the assessment and classification of the childhood illness
	Preintervention ()		Postintervention ()
	Complete; (%)	Incomplete; (%)	Complete; (%)	Incomplete; (%)
Height	162 (42.5)	219 (57.5)	304 (79.8)	77 (20.2)	111.4
Weight	228 (59.8)	153 (40.2)	309 (81.1)	72 (18.9)	41.3
Temperature	209 (54.9)	172 (45.1)	311 (81.6)	70 (18.4)	62.9
Danger sign	220 (57.7)	161 (62.3)	322 (84.5)	59 (15.5)	66.5
Cough/difficulty of birthing	198 (52.0)	183 (48.0)	333 (87.4)	48 (12.6)	113.2
Diarrheal status	221 (58.0)	160 (42.0)	331 (86.9)	50 (13.1)	79.5
Fever status	241 (63.0)	140 (37.0)	325 (85.3)	56 (14.7)	48.46
Ear problem	232 (60.3)	149 (39.7)	334 (87.5)	47 (12.5)	71.46
Anemia status	224 (58.8)	157 (41.2)	325 (85.3)	56 (14.7)	66.4
Immunization status	183 (48.0)	198 (52.0)	327 (85.8)	54 (14.2)	122.9
HIV/AIDS status	144 (37.8)	237 (62.2)	306 (79.9)	75 (20.1)	142.4
TB status	194 (50.9)	187 (49.1)	320 (84.0)	61 (16.0)	94.9
Feeding problem.	179 (47.0)	202 (53.0)	314 (82.4)	67 (17.6)	104.7
Nutrition status	197 (50.9)	184 (49.1)	327 (85.8)	54 (14.2)	103.2
Give classification of the disease	181 (47.5)	200 (52.5)	293 (76.9)	88 (23.1)	70
Prescribe treatment for the disease	161 (42.3)	220 (57.7)	287 (75.4)	94 (24.6)	85.9
Give appointment	125 (32.8)	256 (67.2)	278 (73.0)	103 (27.0)	123.2
Other problem	226 (59.3)	155 (40.7)	297 (78.0)	84 (22.0)	30.7
Completeness of full IMCI protocol	144 (37.8)	237 (62.2)	304 (79.8)	77 (20.2)	138.6

: chi-square.