Table 2.
Percentage of local perception of blood and blood-related diseases, stratified by people’s willingness or unwillingness of using an RDT for malaria
|
Local perception of blood |
n (%) |
χ2 |
p |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Willing (n=34) | Unwilling (n=66) | |||
| Blood is sacred body fluid | |||||
| Yes |
54 (54.0) |
24 (44.4) |
30 (55.6) |
|
|
| No |
46 (46.0) |
10 (21.7) |
36 (78.3) |
4.74 |
0.029 |
| Blood keeps life in the body | |||||
| No |
91 (91.0) |
29 (31.9) |
62 (68.1) |
|
|
| Yes |
9 (9.0) |
5 (55.6) |
4 (44.4) |
† |
0.267 |
| Malaria is inside the blood | |||||
| Yes |
44 (44.0) |
23 (52.3) |
21 (47.7) |
|
|
| No |
42 (42.0) |
7 (16.7) |
35 (83.3) |
|
|
| Don’t know |
14 (14.0) |
4 (28.6) |
10 (71.4) |
† |
0.002 |
| Know about malaria | |||||
| Don’t know |
51 (51.0) |
15 (29.4) |
36 (70.6) |
|
|
| Symptoms |
38 (38.0) |
10 (26.3) |
28 (73.7) |
|
|
| Malaria test |
11 (11.0) |
9 (81.8) |
2 (18.2) |
† |
0.002 |
| Custom allows blood test | |||||
| Yes |
86 (86.0) |
29 (33.7) |
57 (66.3) |
|
|
| No |
11 (11.0) |
4 (36.4) |
7 (63.6) |
|
|
| Don’t know |
3 (3.0) |
1 (33.3) |
2 (66.7) |
† |
1.000 |
| Religion allows blood test | |||||
| Yes |
77 (77.0) |
26 (33.8) |
51 (66.2) |
|
|
| Don’t know |
13 (13.0) |
4 (30.8) |
9 (69.2) |
|
|
| No |
10 (10.0) |
4 (40.0) |
6 (60.0) |
† |
0.873 |
| Reason to have a blood examination performed or not | |||||
| Care |
50 (50.0) |
22 (44.0) |
28 (56.0) |
|
|
| HIV test |
34 (34.0) |
4 (11.8) |
30 (88.2) |
|
|
| Fate of blood after test |
8 (8.0) |
2 (25.0) |
6 (75.0) |
|
|
| No problem |
7 (7.0) |
6 (85.7) |
1 (14.3) |
† |
<0.001 |
| Need to do blood test for a patient | |||||
| Depends on disease |
59 (59.0) |
14 (23.7) |
45 (76.3) |
|
|
| Yes |
19 (19.0) |
16 (84.2) |
3 (15.8) |
|
|
| No |
13 (13.0) |
3 (23.1) |
10 (76.9) |
|
|
| Don’t know |
8 (8.0) |
1 (12.5) |
7 (87.5) |
† |
<0.001 |
| Need to do blood test for malaria patient | |||||
| No |
65 (65.0) |
6 (9.2) |
59 (90.8) |
|
|
| Yes |
33 (33.0) |
28 (84.8) |
5 (15.2) |
|
|
| Don’t know |
2 (2.0) |
0 (0) |
2 (100) |
† |
<0.001 |
| Justification to do blood testing by suspected malaria patients | |||||
| Know malaria |
65 (65.0) |
6 (9.2) |
59 (90.8) |
|
|
| Don’t know |
34 (34.0) |
28 (86.4) |
6 (13.6) |
|
|
| Treated without test | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | † | <0.002 |
† Fisher’s exact test.