Effectiveness of standard case management of under-five children with pneumonia towards clients outcome at Kasungu district hospital.
A quantitative study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of standard case management of pneumonia in under five children at Kasungu district hospital. The purpose of the study was to explore the effectiveness of the standard case management as a strategy. The objectives of the study were t...
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Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
2022
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| Online Access: | http://nkhokwe.kuhes.ac.mw/handle/20.500.12845/512 |
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Add Tag | Summary: | A quantitative study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of standard case management of pneumonia in under five children at Kasungu district hospital. The purpose of the study was to explore the effectiveness of the standard case management as a strategy. The objectives of the study were to assess the effectiveness and to describe the treatment results. Secondary data was used from clients files those that were admitted due to severe and very severe pneumonia from January to December 2008. Systematic sampling was used to sample 50 files from total files of 992 records of children once admitted with pneumonia from January to December 2008. The questionnaire was used to collect the information retrospectively. Data was analysed manually and findings were presented in graphs, pie charts, tables and percentages. The study has revealed that the standard case management is not effective as shown by increased number of deaths, out come unknown and 1 decreased number of those completed treatment. It has also revealed that participants were not checked vital signs on daily basis. The researcher recommends that health workers should be trained in standard case management and health talks to be targeted to parents or care givers of children of 2 -11 months old. |
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