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Table 4 Conditions seen and management decisions

From: A pilot study to evaluate incorporating eye care for children into reproductive and child health services in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania: a historical comparison study

 

Control (n = 30)

Trained (n = 28)

P-value

Eye condition

COs (n = 15)

Nurses (n = 15)

All (%)

COs (n = 14)

Nurses (n = 14)

All (%)

 

Purulent discharge

10

11

21 (70)

10

9

19 (67.8)

0.14

Others

5

2

7 (23.3)

4

5

9 (32.1)

 

Did not remember

 

2

2 (6.6)

  

0

 

Management of purulent discharge:

Described symptoms did not know diagnosis

3

5

8 (26.6)

0

2

2 (7.1)

0.16

Described symptoms but wrong diagnosis

2

2

4 (13.3)

0

0

0

 

Described symptoms with correct diagnosis and treatment

5

4

9 (30)

10

7

17 (60.7)

0.04

Did not remember the child they last saw

0

2

2 (6.6)

0

0

0

 

Other actions

5

2

7 (23.3)

4

5

9 (32.1)

 
  1. COs = Clinical Officer.