Table 3.
Knowledge of malaria reported by VMWs and MMWs by zone
| Overall N = 197 | Zone 1 N = 71 | Zone 2 N = 126 | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| At least three key malaria symptomsa | 92 | 46.7 | 40 | 56.3 | 61 | 48.4 | 0.521 |
| At least four key malaria symptomsb | 74 | 37.6 | 26 | 36.6 | 48 | 38.1 | 0.837 |
| Determinants of malaria illness | |||||||
| Blood test (slide or dipstick) | 195 | 99.0 | 71 | 100.0 | 124 | 98.4 | 0.190 |
| Symptoms | 57 | 28.9 | 19 | 26.8 | 38 | 30.2 | 0.614 |
| Previous experience | 22 | 11.2 | 5 | 7.0 | 17 | 13.5 | 0.286 |
| Doctor’s examination | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.168 |
| Other | 4 | 2.1 | 1 | 1.4 | 3 | 2.4 | 0.642 |
| Don’t know | – | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | – |
| At least three key signs and symptoms of severe malariac | 88 | 44.7 | 35 | 49.3 | 53 | 42.1 | 0.327 |
| At least four key signs and symptoms of severe malariad | 48 | 24.4 | 18 | 25.4 | 30 | 23.8 | 0.809 |
| Ways to get malaria | |||||||
| Mosquito bites | 197 | 100 | 71 | 36.0 | 126 | 64.0 | – |
| Sleeping in forest without a net | 93 | 47.2 | 36 | 38.7 | 57 | 61.3 | 0.461 |
| No sleep under a mosquito net | 91 | 46.2 | 31 | 34.1 | 60 | 65.9 | 0.593 |
| Visiting forest | 77 | 39.1 | 29 | 37.7 | 48 | 62.3 | 0.704 |
| Poor hygiene | 12 | 6.1 | 3 | 25.0 | 9 | 75.0 | 0.411 |
| Drinking dirty water | 9 | 4.6 | 5 | 7.04 | 4 | 3.17 | 0.212 |
| Not boiling water | 7 | 3.6 | 2 | 2.8 | 5 | 3.9 | 0.675 |
| Bad food | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.679 |
| Othere | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2.38 | 0.593 |
| Ways to prevent malaria | |||||||
| Sleep under a mosquito net | 182 | 92.4 | 63 | 88.7 | 119 | 94.4 | 0.147 |
| Use treated mosquito net | 180 | 91.4 | 68 | 95.8 | 112 | 88.9 | 0.098 |
| Wear covered clothing | 155 | 78.7 | 62 | 87.3 | 93 | 73.8 | 0.026 |
| Burn leaves | 32 | 16.2 | 9 | 12.7 | 23 | 18.3 | 0.308 |
| Stay out of forest | 15 | 7.6 | 7 | 9.9 | 8 | 6.4 | 0.373 |
| Repellent | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.8 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.852 |
| Mosquito coil | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.058 |
| Insecticide spray | 1 | 0.5 | 9 | 12.7 | 23 | 18.3 | 0.308 |
| Boil water | 41 | 20.8 | 12 | 16.9 | 29 | 23.0 | 0.310 |
| Take medicine | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1.41 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.182 |
| Otherf | 38 | 19.3 | 8 | 11.27 | 30 | 23.8 | 0.032 |
| Consequences of not taking the anti-malarial drugs for the recommended treatment regimen | |||||||
| Parasite will become resistant | 164 | 83.3 | 59 | 83.1 | 105 | 83.3 | 0.966 |
| Patient gets sick again | 155 | 78.7 | 62 | 83.1 | 93 | 73.8 | 0.026 |
| Patient does not recover | 93 | 47.2 | 31 | 43.7 | 62 | 49.2 | 0.454 |
| Patient will continue to transmit malaria | 78 | 39.6 | 26 | 36.6 | 52 | 41.3 | 0.522 |
| Parasite remains in the body | 76 | 38.6 | 21 | 29.6 | 55 | 43.7 | 0.051 |
| Nothing | 1 | 0.51 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.8 | 1.000 |
| Othera | 7 | 3.55 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 5.7 | 0.051 |
aThree key malaria symptoms include: fever, chills, and headache
bFour key malaria symptoms include: fever, chills, headache, and sweating
cFour key symptoms of severe malaria include: unconscious, very hot, and convulsions
dFour key symptoms of severe malaria include: unconscious, very hot, convulsions, and very pale skin
eOther include: wearing short sleeves
fOther include: clean the surroundings, eliminate mosquito habitat, fill in body of water, light a bonfire, light fire, sanitization, sleep in hammock, use net in the forest, and weeding