10.17037/DATA.121
Data used in a publication that looked at improving the management of fever cases in a cluster-randomized trial in Public Health Facilities in Tororo, Uganda. This study was part of the PRIME study, which was part of the ACT Consortium.
Variable name | Variable description | Answer code | Answer label | Variable type |
stdhcc | Std Health Center Code | 1 to 20 | Open ended | Numeric |
intervention | Intervention Group | Numeric | ||
0 | Control | |||
1 | Intervention (HFI) | |||
stratum | Stratum: HC level | Numeric | ||
0 | Level II health centre | |||
1 | Level III health centre | |||
diagtest_outcome | Cluster-specific proportion who had RDT done at clinic | Open ended | Numeric | |
acttx | Cluster-specific proportion who were prescribed an ACT at clinic | Open ended | Numeric | |
anyantibiotic | Cluster-specific proportion who were prescribed any antibiotic at clinic | Open ended | Numeric | |
posnoact | Cluster-specific proportion for RDT+ not receiving ACT | Open ended | Numeric | |
negact | Cluster-specific proportion for RDT- receiving ACT | Open ended | Numeric | |
inappact | Cluster-specific proportion for inappropriate ACT prescription (primary outcome) | Open ended | Numeric | |
posamnoact | Cluster-specific proportion for RDT+ receiving an AM but no ACT | Open ended | Numeric | |
posnoam | Cluster-specific proportion for RDT+ not receiving AM treatment | Open ended | Numeric | |
N | Number of health workers (HWs) | Open ended | Numeric | |
fcm | Cluster-specific proportion of HWs who received fever case management training | Open ended | Numeric | |
gender | Cluster-specific proportion male HWs | Open ended | Numeric | |
hwlengthhc | Cluster-specific mean HW length of time at health centre | Open ended | Numeric | |
age | Cluster-specific mean HW age | Open ended | Numeric | |
casemgtscore | Cluster-specific mean HW score for confidence in malaria case management | Open ended | Numeric |
Variable name | Variable description | Answer code | Answer label | Variable type |
round | Survey round | 1 to 3 | Open ended | Numeric |
stdhcc | Std Health Center Code | 1 to 20 | Open ended | Numeric |
intervention | Intervention Group | Numeric | ||
0 | Control | |||
1 | Intervention (HFI) | |||
stratum | Stratum: HC level | Numeric | ||
0 | Level II health centre | |||
1 | Level II health centre | |||
age | Child Age(yrs) | Open ended | Numeric | |
gender | Child Gender | Numeric | ||
1 | Male | |||
2 | Female | |||
pcage | Caregiver age | Open ended | Numeric | |
pcgender | Caregiver Gender | Numeric | ||
1 | Male | |||
2 | Female | |||
diagtest_outcome | Was RDT done at clinic? | Numeric | ||
0 | No | |||
1 | Yes | |||
. | Not completed | |||
testresult | If RDT done at clinic, what was result? | Numeric | ||
1 | Positive | |||
2 | Negative | |||
88 | Don't know | |||
99 | Refused | |||
. | Not completed | |||
trtpan | Was panadol prescribed? | Numeric | ||
0 | No | |||
1 | Yes | |||
trtqnn | Was quinine prescribed? | Numeric | ||
0 | No | |||
1 | Yes | |||
. | Not completed | |||
trtamox | Was amoxicillin prescribed? | Numeric | ||
0 | No | |||
1 | Yes | |||
. | Not completed | |||
trtsep | Was septrin (trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole) prescribed? | Numeric | ||
0 | No | |||
1 | Yes | |||
. | Not completed | |||
amtx | Child was prescribed an antimalarial at clinic | Numeric | ||
0 | No | |||
1 | Yes | |||
. | Not completed | |||
acttx | Child was prescribed an ACT at clinic | Numeric | ||
0 | No | |||
1 | Yes | |||
. | Not completed | |||
anthelminthic | Was anthelminthic prescribed? | Numeric | ||
0 | No | |||
1 | Yes | |||
zinc | Was zinc prescribed? | Numeric | ||
0 | No | |||
1 | Yes | |||
multivitamin | Was multivitamin prescribed? | Numeric | ||
0 | No | |||
1 | Yes | |||
eyeoint | Was eye ointment prescribed? | Numeric | ||
0 | No | |||
1 | Yes | |||
piriton | Was piriton prescribed? | Numeric | ||
0 | No | |||
1 | Yes | |||
antifungal | Was antifungal prescribed? | Numeric | ||
0 | No | |||
1 | Yes | |||
other | Was other treatment prescribed? | Numeric | ||
0 | No | |||
1 | Yes | |||
anyantibiotic | Was any antibiotic prescribed? | Numeric | ||
0 | No | |||
1 | Yes | |||
anyantimicrobial | Was any antimicrobial prescribed? | Numeric | ||
0 | No | |||
1 | Yes | |||
total_drug | Total number of drugs prescribed | 0-5 | Open ended | Numeric |
totalantimicrobial | Total number of antimicrobial drugs prescribed | 0-4 | Open ended | Numeric |
fever_final | Fever or reported history of fever (last 48h) | Numeric | ||
0 | No | |||
1 | Yes | |||
rdtprime | RDT performed by PRIME (=Suspected malaria) | Numeric | ||
0 | No | |||
1 | Yes | |||
pRDT | PRIME RDT result binary | Numeric | ||
0 | Negative | |||
1 | Positive | |||
. | Not completed | |||
inappact | Inappropriate ACT Trt | Numeric | ||
0 | No | |||
1 | Yes | |||
. | Not completed | |||
negact | RDT- receiving ACT | Numeric | ||
0 | No | |||
1 | Yes | |||
. | Not completed | |||
posnoact | RDT+ not receiving ACT treatment | Numeric | ||
0 | No | |||
1 | Yes | |||
. | Not completed | |||
posnoam | RDT+ not receiving AM treatment | Numeric | ||
0 | No | |||
1 | Yes | |||
. | Not completed | |||
posamnoact | RDT+ receiving an AM but no ACT | Numeric | ||
0 | No | |||
1 | Yes | |||
. | Not completed |