Baseline Demographics and Characteristics
Febrile Illness
Across all sites, over half of patients were female and approximately one-third (30.9%) were children aged 1 to 5 years. Nearly half (46.5%) of the patients presented with respiratory symptoms (Baseline Characteristics of Participants in a Randomized Controlled Trial That Introduced Point-of-Care Diagnostic Tests to Guide Management of Outpatients With Febrile Illness, Conducted at 3 Clinical Sites in UgandaAbbreviation: Q, quarter.As indicated by the managing clinician based on symptoms and signs, before performance of diagnostic tests. Note this information was not recorded on 37 patient forms in the Nagongera control arm.