Research Article

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 5

Independent -test of the intervention on the completeness of IMCI components in Sanja primary hospital, northwest Ethiopia, 2019.

VariablesdfMean difference with 95% CI

Check child height7600.37 (0.30-0.43)
Check child weight7600.27 (0.14-0.27)
Check child temperature7600.22 (0.20-0.33)
Check child danger sign7600.27 (0.20-0.32)
Check child cough/difficulty of birthing7600.35 (0.29-0.41)
Check child diarrheal status7600.29 (0.22-0.34)
Check child fever status7600.22 (0.16-0.28)
Check child ear problem7600.26 (0.20-0.32)
Check child anemia status7600.26 (0.20-0.32)
Check child immunization status7600.38 (0.31-0.43)
Check child HIV/AIDS status7600.42 (0.35-0.43)
Check child TB status7600.33 (0.26-0.39)
Check the child feeding problem.7600.35 (0.29-0.41)
Check child nutrition status7600.34 (0.28-0.40)
Check child correct classification of disease7600.34 (0.27-0.39)
Check child correct treatment of disease7600.35 (0.28-0.41)
Check child correct appointment of disease7600.36 (0.29-0.42)
Check child other problem7600.44 (0.37-0.52)
Check full components of the IMCI protocol7600.17 (0.10-0.22)

df: the degree of freedom (); statistically significant at value <0.001.