Effectiveness of an electronic clinical decision support system in improving the management of childhood illness in primary care in rural Nigeria: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the impact of ALgorithm for the MANAgement of CHildhood illness ('ALMANACH'), a digital clinical decision support system (CDSS) based on the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness, on health and quality of care outcomes for sick children attending primary healthcare (PHC) facilities.

Design

Observational study, comparing outcomes of children attending facilities implementing ALMANACH with control facilities not yet implementing ALMANACH.

Setting

PHC facilities in Adamawa State, North-Eastern Nigeria.

Participants

Children 2-59 months presenting with an acute illness. Children attending for routine care or nutrition visits (eg, immunisation, growth monitoring), physical trauma or mental health problems were excluded.

Interventions</

SUBMITTER: Schmitz T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9310162 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature