An Integrated eDiagnosis Approach (IeDA) versus standard IMCI for assessing and managing childhood illness in Burkina Faso: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial

Table 7 Specificity of the HCW’s classification: Proportion of children correctly not classified in a given classification

	Baseline				Control arm				Intervention arm
Classification	N^a	%	95%CI		N^a	%	95%CI		N^a	%	95%CI
Severe pneumonia or very severe disease	640	99.8	98.6	99.9	1331	99.5	98.4	99.8	690	98.8	96.3	99.6
Pneumonia	469	82.5	72.0	89.6	1123	81.2	72.5	87.6	525	93.1	78.4	98.1
Pneumonia ignoring severity	455	83.7	73.4	90.6	1113	81.2	72.9	87.4	521	92.7	76.4	98.0
Severe dehydration	675	100.0	–	–	1342	99.9	99.4	99.9	695	100.0	–	–
Dehydration	681	99.7	98.3	99.9	1341	99.6	98.5	99.9	692	99.3	98.6	99.6
Diarrhoea with no dehydration	505	97.0	94.9	98.3	1000	94.7	89.0	97.5	506	98.8	97.4	99.5
Severe persistent diarrhoea	680	99.9	98.1	99.9	1343	100.0	–	–	695	100.0	–	–
Persistent diarrhoea	680	99.9	98.1	99.9	1343	100.0	–	–	695	99.9	99.1	99.9
Diarrhoea ignoring severity	495	97.0	94.8	98.2	997	94.5	88.8	97.4	503	98.4	95.6	99.4
Dysentery	667	97.5	93.0	99.0	1316	97.5	95.0	98.8	683	99.6	98.9	99.8
Severe malaria or severe febrile illness	660	98.8	97.7	99.4	1319	99.2	96.1	99.8	678	98.5	96.1	99.5
Malaria	208	90.9	83.4	95.2	609	95.2	90.7	97.6	329	95.7	91.9	97.8
Malaria ignoring severity	185	92.4	85.6	96.2	585	95.9	92.3	97.9	312	95.2	91.8	97.2
Severe acute malnutrition	563	97.9	95.4	99.0	1100	98.9	98.4	99.3	589	98.5	96.7	99.3
Moderate acute malnutrition	529	93.6	89.7	96.0	1025	96.8	94.0	98.3	517	96.5	94.3	97.9
Malnutrition ignoring severity	507	92.7	89.2	95.2	980	96.9	94.0	98.5	494	96.4	94.1	97.8

^a Number of children not classified, by the validation nurses, with a given classification

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