Table 3.
Public awareness of malaria in rural China
| Items | Awareness (%) | χ2 | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Type 1 | Type 2 | Type 3 | |||
| Part A basic malaria understanding | ||||||
| Aware of malaria | 76.3 | 89.9 | 78.3 | 60.2 | 99.8 | <0.01 |
| Malaria is infectious disease | 36.3 | 38.4 | 37.9 | 32.1 | 4.4 | 0.11 |
| Malaria can be cured | 68.7 | 70.8 | 75.1 | 58.2 | 31.3 | <0.01 |
| Part B basic malaria knowledge | 53.5 | 59.3 | 56.5 | 44.0 | ||
| Major symptoms of malaria attacked | ||||||
| Fever | 53.4 | 59.4 | 60.0 | 39.1 | 48.1 | <0.01 |
| Chills | 56.2 | 64.9 | 57.3 | 46.3 | 28.6 | <0.01 |
| Sweating | 31.6 | 45.5 | 30.3 | 19.4 | 64.4 | <0.01 |
| Knows at least one symptoms | 69.0 | 82.2 | 70.9 | 53.5 | 79.0 | <0.01 |
| Causes of malaria | ||||||
| Mosquito bites | 34.6 | 49.8 | 32.8 | 21.6 | 71.6 | <0.01 |
| Bad food | 56.6 | 56.4 | 65.2 | 45.8 | 34.7 | <0.01 |
| Malnutrition | 38.2 | 41.6 | 38.4 | 34.3 | 4.5 | 0.1 |
| At least one answer is corrected | 69.0 | 74.3 | 74.6 | 56.5 | 42.2 | <0.01 |
| Prevention knowledge | ||||||
| Taking medicine against malaria before going to endemic area | 54.0 | 64.4 | 56.3 | 40.8 | 46.8 | <0.01 |
| Faraway from animals attacked by mosquitoes | 54.0 | 54.5 | 60.8 | 45.0 | 22.6 | <0.01 |
| Anti-mosquitoes | 63.3 | 68.6 | 70.7 | 48.5 | 54.7 | <0.01 |
| Knows at least one prevention | 74.9 | 86.6 | 78.6 | 58.5 | 91.3 | <0.01 |
| Treatment-seeking when suffering from malaria | 85.2 | 77.7 | 88.2 | 88.8 | 25.6 | <0.01 |