Table 6 Overall clinical outcome of children hospitalised with pneumonia in the sampled hospitals
Symptoms | Outcome at dischargea | χ2x | P | Time from admission to recovery from symptoms (days) | Z | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TCM hospitals (n/N) | WM hospitals (n/N) | TCM hospitals | WM hospitals | |||||
Feverb | 433/448 | 565/588 | 0.23 | 0.63 | 53.2 ± 51.5 | 63.5 ± 63.0 | −2.49 | 0.01 |
Cough | 325/594 | 220/690 | 68.10 | <0.01 | 9.5 ± 4.9 | 8.2 ± 3.5 | −3.01 | <0.01 |
Phlegmc | 292/498 | 244/344 | 13.30 | <0.01 | 6.5 ± 9.1 | 3.1 ± 5.4 | −7.55 | <0.01 |
Tachypnea | 179/196 | 78/87 | 0.20 | 0.65 | 2.4 ± 2.0 | 3.4 ± 2.3 | −4.67 | <0.01 |
Dyspnea | 24/24 | 69/70 | - | 1.00 | 3.3 ± 2.2 | 3.8 ± 2.5 | −0.68 | 0.50 |
Rales | 37/507 | 174/525 | 105.92 | <0.01 | 1.4 ± 1.6 | 1.7 ± 1.9 | −9.07 | <0.01 |
Duration of hospital stay | - | - | - | - | 8.7 ± 5.8 | 9.0 ± 3.8 | −3.44 | <0.01 |