Characteristic | Southern province | Eastern province | ||||
Kalomo (intervention) n=620 | Monze (comparator) n=611 | P value* | Katete (intervention) n=623 | Petauke (comparator) n=604 | P value* | |
Mean age of respondent caregiver | 30 SD: 10.1 n=619 | 30 SD: 9.9 n=610 | 0.439 | 29 SD: 8.2 n=611 | 29 SD: 8.8 n=587 | 0.569 |
Caregiver has above primary education (%) | 12.9 SD=33.6 n=619 | 14.5 SD=35.2 n=608 | 0.540 | 4.0 SD=19.7 n=622 | 4.8 SD=21.5 n=600 | 0.421 |
Caregivers who cited diarrhoea as a main health issue of children aged <5 years in their community (%) | 79.1 SD=40.7 n=620 | 82.0 SD=38.5 n=611 | 0.368 | 81.3 SD=39.0 n=623 | 79.5 SD=40.4 n=604 | 0.487 |
Caregivers who cited they typically accessed the public sector for ORS (%) | 99.4 SD=9.3 n=456 | 99.7 SD=4.6 n=471 | 0.207 | 99.4 SD=7.6 n=514 | 99.5 SD=6.5 n=469 | 0.884 |
Proportion of households with diarrhoea in children aged <5 years in the previous 2 weeks (%) | 37.1 SD=48.3 n=620 | 31.5 SD=46.6 n=611 | 0.189 | 39.3 SD=48.9 n=623 | 43.2 SD=49.6 n=604 | 0.100 |
Proportion of children aged <5 years with diarrhoea who used ORS plus zinc (%) | 0.4 SD=6.6 n=230 | 0 n=194 | 0.358 | 0.4 SD=6.4 n=245 | 0 n=261 | 0.302 |
Proportion of children aged <5 years with diarrhoea who used ORS (with or without zinc) (%) | 48.7 SD=50.1 n=230 | 62.9 SD=48.4 n=194 | 0.007 | 70.2 SD=45.8 n=245 | 69.0 SD=46.4 n=261 | 0.749 |
Mean reported distance to ORS access point (km) by those with a child who had diarrhoea in the preceding 2 weeks | 8.5 SD=11.7 n=112 | 5.5 SD=10.5 n=122 | 0.110 | 4.9 SD=6.2 n=172 | 5.5 SD=4.4 n=180 | 0.479 |
Figures in bold font denote statistically significant values.
*P values are for the unadjusted ORs comparing matched districts and account for within-site correlation of outcomes for proportions; t-tests were used to compare means between matched districts.
ORS, oral rehydration salts.