Table 1.

Malaria symptoms mentioned most frequently by shopkeepers (N = 489)

	Drug store	General shop
Symptom	% (95% CI)	% (95% CI)	P*
N	29	460
What are symptoms of malaria?
Fever	86 (68–96)	60 (56–65)	0.006
Headache	86 (68–96)	40 (36–45)	0.000
Joint pains	62 (42–79)	39 (34–44)	0.014
Vomiting	86 (68–96)	33 (28–37)	<0.001
Malaise	31 (15–51)	20 (16–24)	0.138
Feeling cold	17 (6–36)	16 13–20)	0.895
Poor appetite	21 (8–40)	10 (7–13)	0.063
Weakness	28 (13–47)	7 (5–10)	<0.001
Diarrhoea	28 (13–47)	6 (4–8)	<0.001
Dizziness	14 (4–32)	4 (2–6)	0.013
Don't know	0 (0–12)	12 (9–15)	0.053
What are symptoms of severe malaria?
Changed behaviour	24 (10–44)	17 (14–21)	0.326
Unconsciousness/coma	17 (6–36)	7 (5–10)	0.059
Weakness	35 (18–54)	18 (15–22)	0.027
Anaemia	10 (2–27)	1 (0–2)	<0.001
Convulsions (degedege)	52 (33–71)	10 (7–13)	<0.001
Splenomegaly (bandama)	3 (0–18)	0 (0–1)	0.008
High fever	79 (60–92)	44 (39–38)	<0.001
Don't know	3 (0–18)	27 (23–32)	0.005

* Wilcoxon rank sign test