Treatment -seeking behavior for malaria | VMW village | HC village | |||
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n | % | n | % | p | |
Patients who sought treatment outside home* | n=110 | n=126 | 0.101 | ||
Yes | 104 | 94.6 | 124 | 98.4 | |
No | 6 | 5.5 | 2 | 1.6 | |
Treatment source* | n=104 | n=124 | <.0001 | ||
VMW | 42 | 40.4 | 0 | 0 | |
HC | 29 | 27.9 | 117 | 94.4 | |
Private clinic | 21 | 20.2 | 4 | 3.2 | |
Drug seller | 5 | 4.8 | 1 | 0.8 | |
Other | 7 | 6.7 | 2 | 1.6 | |
Blood test for malaria* | n=104 | n=124 | 0.570 | ||
Yes, Dipstick/Sldie | 88 | 84.6 | 98 | 79.0 | |
Not tested | 15 | 14.4 | 24 | 19.4 | |
Don’t know | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.6 | |
Place to get the blood test* | n=88 | n=98 | <.0001 | ||
VMW | 38 | 43.2 | 0 | 0 | |
HC | 28 | 31.8 | 93 | 94.9 | |
Private clinic | 18 | 20.5 | 3 | 3.1 | |
Other | 4 | 4.6 | 2 | 2.0 | |
Result of the blood test* | n=88 | n=98 | 1.000 | ||
Positive | 70 | 79.6 | 78 | 79.6 | |
Negative | 17 | 19.3 | 19 | 19.4 | |
Don’t know/don’t remember | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | 1.0 | |
Time to receive first treatment† | n=104 | n=124 | <.0001 | ||
Same day | 24 | 23.1 | 13 | 10.5 | |
Next day | 35 | 33.7 | 80 | 64.5 | |
2 days after the illness started | 31 | 29.8 | 23 | 18.6 | |
3 or more days after the illness started | 14 | 13.5 | 8 | 6.5 | |
Antimalarial drugs† | n=104 | n=124 | 0.032 | ||
Yes | 98 | 94.2 | 106 | 85.5 | |
No | 6 | 5.8 | 18 | 14.5 | |
Type of antimalarial taken* | n=98 | n=106 | 0.555 | ||
A+M | 25 | 25.5 | 26 | 24.5 | |
Malarine | 14 | 14.3 | 14 | 13.2 | |
Antimalalrial drugs not recommended | 8 | 8.2 | 4 | 3.8 | |
Paracetamol | 7 | 7.1 | 5 | 4.7 | |
Don’t know/don’t remember | 44 | 44.9 | 57 | 53.8 |