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Table 3 Prevalence of fever 30 days prior to the survey and relevant treatment-seeking behavior

From: Promoting community knowledge and action for malaria control in rural Cambodia: potential contributions of Village Malaria Workers

Treatment -seeking behavior for malaria

VMW village

 

HC village

  

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

 
  1. *Fisher’s exact test.
  2. †Chi-square test.