Mothers screening for malnutrition by mid-upper arm circumference is non-inferior to community health workers: results from a large-scale pragmatic trial in rural Niger

Table 6 Comparison of referral source for children admitted to severe acute malnutrition treatment by MUAC <115 mm in health zones where mothers or community health workers performed malnutrition screening, Mirriah District, Niger between June 2013 and May 2014

	Mothers Zone	Community Health Workers Zone	Risk difference^a [95 % CI]	p-value
	(n = 569)	(n = 413)	Risk difference^a [95 % CI]	p-value
Spontaneous	150 (26.36 %)	31 (7.51 %)	18.86 % [14.43; 23.28]	<0.0001^b
From MAM treatment	10 (1.76 %)	46 (11.14 %)	−9.38 % [−12.60; −6.16]	<0.0001^b
MUAC by mother or CHW	300 (52.72 %)	264 (63.92 %)	−11.20 % [−17.39; −5.01]	<0.0005^b
Other^c	76 (13.36 %)	55 (13.32 %)	0.04 % [−4.27; 4.35]	0.9856^b
Not specified	33 (5.80 %)	17 (4.12 %)	1.68 % [−1.03; 4.40]	0.2368^b

^aRisk Difference: The difference between the proportion referred in the Mothers Zone and the proportion referred in the CHWs Zone
^bTwo-tailed p-value for Yates corrected chi-square test (referral source in Mothers Zone and referral source in CHWs Zone)
^cSurveys, vaccination, other non-governmental organization activities

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