Implementation of World Health Organization Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) Guidelines for the Assessment of Pneumonia in the Under 5s in Rural Malawi

“…Patient–, provider and facility–level variables with potential to affect IMCI–pneumonia classification and care were explored in these analyses [ 8 – 10 , 19 – 25 ]. Patient–level variables included child’s sex and age (2–11, 12–23, 24–35, 36–47, 48–59 months), caregiver’s age (Under 20, 20–29, 30–39, 40 or more years), caregiver’s education (none, primary or at least secondary attendance), RDT conducted prior to or during the initial consultation according to provider reports, and if so, reported RDT results (positive or negative), child’s temperature (37.5 or less, 37.6–38.9 or 39.0–40.8) recorded in re–examination, illness duration (0–1, 2–4, 5 or more days), consultation start hour (7–10 am, 11–2 pm, 3–5 pm) recorded in the observation, reported wait time (under 10, 11–30, 31–60, 60 or more minutes), first or follow–up visit for the current illness, and symptom complaints (fever, diarrhea, ear problem, eye problem, skin problem or any danger sign).…”