Table 3.
Awareness and practices of the respondents regarding malaria
|
Characteristics |
Zone 1 |
Zone 2 |
p-value |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| a) Someone gets malaria from |
|
|
|
|
|
| Mosquito bites |
282 |
77.5 |
67 |
64.4 |
0.00 |
| Fly/insect bites |
6 |
1.6 |
6 |
5.8 |
|
| Lack of cleanliness |
14 |
3.8 |
14 |
13.5 |
|
| Other |
62 |
17.0 |
17 |
16.3 |
|
| b) Malaria is transmitted by |
|
|
|
|
|
| Bites from any mosquito |
211 |
58.0 |
46 |
44.2 |
0.00 |
| Bites from a a mosquito which fed upon a malaria patient |
41 |
11.3 |
24 |
23.1 |
|
| Other |
19 |
5.2 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
| Don't know |
93 |
25.5 |
34 |
32.7 |
|
| c) Symptoms of malaria |
|
|
|
|
|
| Fever with rigor |
241 |
66.2 |
45 |
43.3 |
0.00 |
| Intermittent fever |
40 |
11.0 |
17 |
16.3 |
|
| Fever with sweating |
16 |
4.4 |
9 |
8.7 |
|
| Other |
6 |
1.6 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
| Don't know |
60 |
16.5 |
33 |
31.7 |
|
| d) Malaria can be prevented by |
|
|
|
|
|
| Limiting mosquito breeding |
31 |
8.5 |
16 |
15.4 |
ns |
| Bed net |
168 |
46.2 |
51 |
49.0 |
|
| Mosquito coil/aerosol |
32 |
8.8 |
8 |
7.7 |
|
| ITN |
71 |
19.5 |
14 |
13.5 |
|
| Other |
7 |
1.9 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
| Don’t know |
55 |
15.1 |
15 |
14.4 |
|
| e) Malaria treatment provided by |
|
|
|
|
|
| NGO |
277 |
76.1 |
94 |
90.4 |
0.01 |
| Gov. hospital |
34 |
9.3 |
10 |
9.6 |
|
| Village doctor |
18 |
4.9 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
| Drug seller |
35 |
9.6 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
| f) Enter the house previous night |
|
|
|
|
|
| <6 pm |
196 |
53.8 |
26 |
25.0 |
0.00 |
| 6 pm - 9 pm |
158 |
43.4 |
76 |
73.1 |
|
| >9 pm |
10 |
2.7 |
2 |
1.9 |
|
| g) Spent time last afternoon |
|
|
|
|
|
| Inside |
154 |
42.3 |
20 |
19.2 |
0.00 |
| Outside |
195 |
53.6 |
78 |
75.0 |
|
| Market |
10 |
2.7 |
1 |
1.0 |
|
| Tea stall |
5 |
1.4 |
5 |
4.8 |
|
| h) Spent most of the night time |
|
|
|
|
|
| Inside |
356 |
97.8 |
104 |
100.0 |
ns |
| Outside | 7 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | |
ns = not statistically significant.