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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of primary outcomes (ECD and child diarrhoea morbidity) in San Marcos and Cajabamba, Andean Peru, 2016

From: Effectiveness of a home-environmental intervention package and an early child development intervention on child health and development in high-altitude rural communities in the Peruvian Andes: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

ESDI domains

Class parameter

ECD combined (n = 101)

no-ECD (n = 102)

Socio emotional

% (n)

66.3 (67)

56.9 (58)

Fine motor skills

% (n)

53.5 (54)

44.1 (45)

Gross motor skills

% (n)

60.4 (61)

47.1 (48)

Communication

% (n)

63.4 (64)

50.0 (51)

Cognitive

% (n)

62.4 (63)

46.1 (47)

Overall performance

% (n)

64.4 (65)

39.2 (40)

BSID domainsa

 

ECD combined (n = 135)

no-ECD (n = 134)

Overall performance

Mean (SD)

9.0 (1.6)

8.6 (1.4)

Diarrhoea illness

 

IHIP combined (n = 154)

no-IHIP (n = 156)

Total days under observation

Total

55,079

55,587

Days under observation

Median (IQR)

379 (363, 385)

377 (362, 384)

Total number of episodes

Total

200

169

Episodes

Median (IQR)

1.0 (0.0, 2.0)

1.0 (0.0, 2.0)

Length of episode (days)

Mean (SD)

2.8 (1.9)

2.9 (2.5)

Total days with diarrhoea

Total

544

474

Days with diarrhoea

Median (IQR)

2.0 (0.0, 5.0)

1.0 (0.0, 4.5)

Days with diarrhoea

Mean (SD)

3.5 (5.0)

3.0 (5.0)

Diarrhoea incidence (n Episodes/child-year)b

Mean

0.4

0.3

Diarrhoea prevalence (n Days spend ill/child-year)b

Mean

1.2

0.9

  1. ECD Early child development, ESDI Peruvian Infant Development Scale, BSID Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, IQR Interquartile range, SD Standard deviation
  2. aThe number of children is higher as the BSID is performed up to 42 months of age
  3. bPer 100 child-year