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Table 2 Respondents’ Utilization of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs)

From: Impact of health education intervention on insecticide treated nets uptake among nursing mothers in rural communities in Nigeria

 

Experimental group

Control group

 

Pre intervention N = 200 [%]

Post intervention N = 190 [%]

Degree of change

P value

Pre intervention N = 200 [%]

Post intervention N = 180 [%]

Degree of change

P value

Prevalence of ITN use

Ever use ITN

59 [29.5]

138 [72.6]

45.2

<0.001

55 [27.5]

57 [31.6]

4.1

0.37

Never use ITN

141 [70.5]

52 [27.4]

  

145 [72.5]

123 [68.4]

  

Amount willing to pay to own ITN

<N200

82 [41.0%]

84 [44.2]

3.2

0.47

88 [44.0%]

82 [45.6]

−1.6

0.93

N200-N500

84 [42.0%]

82 [43.2]

  

90 [45.0%]

80 [44.4]

  

N500-N1000

34 [17.0%]

24 [12.6]

  

22 [11.0%]

18 [10.0]

  

Knowledge about mounting ITN

Knowledgeable

129 [64.5]

186 [97.9]

33.5%

<0.001

91 [45.5]

88 [48.9]

−3.4%

0.51

Not Knowledgeable

69 [35.5]

4 [2.1]

  

109 [54.5]

92 [51.1]

  

Knowledge of treatment of ITN

Correct (6 monthly )

78 [39.0]

144 [75.8]

36.8

<0.001

34 [17.0]

32 [17.8]

0.8

0.84

Incorrect

122 [61.0]

46 [24.2]

  

166 [83.0]

148 [82.2]