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Table 3 Impact of SIMS intervention on collection of vital signs (adjusted for facility; for site-level estimates, see Tables S4a and S4b)

From: A complex intervention to improve implementation of World Health Organization guidelines for diagnosis of severe illness in low-income settings: a quasi-experimental study from Uganda

Vital sign

% (95% CI)

Pre-intervention period

n = 1633

Intervention period

n = 4126

Difference

P value

Temperature

21 (9–34)

48 (44–52)

+ 27 (+11 to +43)

0.001

Heart rate

10 (3–17)

32 (29–34)

+ 22 (+12 to +32)

< 0.001

Blood pressure

54 (49–59)

69 (67–70)

+ 15 (+8 to +21)

< 0.001

Respiratory rate

5 (3–7)

10 (9–11)

+ 5 (+2 to +8)

0.002

Pulse oximetry

0.2 (0.0–0.6)

19 (19–20)

+ 19 (+19 to +20)

< 0.001

Mental status

11 (9–13)

15 (14–16)

+ 4 (+2 to +7)

0.002

  1. Abbreviations: CI confidence Interval, SIMS Severe Illness Management System