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| Title |
Poor adherence to the malaria management protocol among health workers attending under-five year old febrile children at Omdurman Hospital, Sudan
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| Published in |
Malaria Journal, January 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12936-015-0575-9 |
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| Authors |
Jalal A Bilal, Gasim I Gasim, Mohamed T Abdien, Khalid A Elmardi, Elfatih M Malik, Ishag Adam |
| Abstract |
BackgroundIn spite of the World Health Organization recommendations for the treatment of malaria, febrile patients are still infrequently tested and erroneously treated for malaria. This study aimed to investigate the adherence to malaria national protocol for the management of malaria among under five years old children.MethodsA cross sectional hospital-based study was conducted during the period from September through December 2013 among febrile children below the age of five years attending the outpatient department of Omdurman Children Hospital, Sudan. Demographic, clinical and laboratory data [blood film, rapid diagnostic test (RDTs), haemoglobin, WBCs and chest X ray] and anti-malarials and/or antibiotics prescription were recorded.ResultsA total of 749 febrile children were enrolled. The mean (SD) age was 37.51 (41.6) months. Less than a half, (327, 43.7%) of children were investigated for malaria using microscopy (271, 82.9%), RDT (4, 1.2%) or both (52, 15.9%). Malaria was not investigated for more than a half, (422, 56.3%) however investigations targeting other causes of fever were requested for them. Malaria was positive in 72 (22%) of the 327 investigated children. Five (1.6%) out of 255 with negative malaria tests were treated by an anti-malarials. Quinine was the most frequently prescribed anti-malarials (65, 72.2%) then artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) (2, 27.8%). The majority of the 749 children (655, 87.4%) were prescribed an antibiotic.ConclusionThere is a poor adherence to malaria management protocol in Sudan among physicians treating children below five years of age. There was a high rate of antibiotic prescription needs. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 33% |
| Spain | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 141 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 137 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 33 | 23% |
| Researcher | 20 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 13 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 9% |
| Other | 22 | 16% |
| Unknown | 27 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 54 | 38% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 15 | 11% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 10 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 16 | 11% |
| Unknown | 32 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 February 2015.
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#14,541,759
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#3,713
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#183,889
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#48
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