Table 2.
Modern (N = 425) vs. traditional (N = 925) treatment-seeking paths as a function of household socio-demographic characteristics, pre-hospitalisation delay, malarial fatality and the main syndromes associated with severe childhood malaria
| Parameters | Type of resort | P-values† | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modern | Traditional | ||
| N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Socioeconomic level | 0.045 | ||
| Low | 190 (26.4) | 478 (51.7) | |
| Middle | 123 (28.9) | 221 (23.9) | |
| High | 112 (44.7) | 226 (24.4) | |
| Maternal education level | 0.012 | ||
| Not schooled | 9 (2.1) | 26 (2.8) | |
| Elementary | 92 (21.7) | 229 (24.8) | |
| High school and higher education | 324 (76.2) | 670 (72.4) | |
| Paternal education level | 0.447 | ||
| Not schooled | 213 (12.0) | 393 (42.5) | |
| Elementary | 161 (37.9) | 376 (40.7) | |
| High school and higher education | 51 (50.1) | 156 (16.8) | |
| Residential environment | 0.128 | ||
| Peri-urban area | 307 (72.2) | 704 (76.1) | |
| Urban area | 118 (27.8) | 221 (23.8) | |
| Sex of the head of household | 0.960 | ||
| Male | 395 (93.0) | 859 (92.9) | |
| Female | 30 (7.0) | 66 (7.1) | |
| Religious beliefs | 0.002 | ||
| Catholics | 259 (60.9) | 482 (47.8) | |
| Awakening churches | 166 (39.1) | 443 (52.1) | |
| Clinical picture | |||
| Neurological (yes/no) | 34 (8.0) | 73 (7.9) | 0.946 |
| Severe anaemia (yes/no) | 31 (7.3) | 123 (13.3) | 0.001 |
| Respiratory distress (yes/no) | 71 (16.7) | 206 (22.3) | 0.019 |
| Pre-hospitalisation delay (days) | |||
| Me (P25-P75) | 2.0 (1–6) | 5.0 (3–7) | < 0.001 |
| Malarial fatality | |||
| Crude OR (95% IC) | 1 | 19.5 (4.7–79.6) | < 0.001 |
| Adjusted OR (95% IC) | 1 | 20.7 (5.1–84.9) | < 0.001 |
†: Mann-Whitney test or Chi-squared test.