Table 2.
Pre and post-intervention knowledge of mothers about malaria
| Variables-knowledge about malaria | Response | Intervention villages (n = 412) | χ2 | p value | Comparison villages (n = 349) | χ2 | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre (%) | Post (%) | Pre (%) | Post (%) | ||||||
| Malaria vector | Mosquitoes | 86.9 | 97.3 | 45.9 | p < 0.001 | 88.5 | 89.1 | 13.8 | p > 0.127 |
| Malaria transmissions | Mosquito biting | 78.4 | 95.9 | 59.9 | p < 0.001 | 81.1 | 85.7 | 6.57 | p > 0.127 |
| Symptoms of malaria | Fever | 82.5 | 98.3 | 28.1 | p < 0.001 | 79.9 | 79.1 | 0.390 | p > 0.940 |
| Joint pains | 43.9 | 85.7 | 41.8 | 45.8 | |||||
| Vomiting and diarrhoea | 45.6 | 86.7 | 43.6 | 44.4 | |||||
| All of the above | 11.2 | 75.7 | 12.3 | 15.2 | |||||
| Household malaria prevalence | Yes | 25 | 18 | 101.6 | p < 0.001 | 24.6 | 23.8 | 0.284 | p > 0.0867 |
| Perceived reasons why household members got malaria infection | Never used ITNs | 9.7 | 32.4 | 28.2 | p < 0.001 | 19.8 | 25.3 | 1.54 | p > 0.670 |
| Irregular use of ITNs | 34 | 47.3 | 24.4 | 21.7 | |||||
| Personal protective measures | Repellents | 45.9 | 92 | 9.0 | p < 0.05 | 46.7 | 52.4 | 0.360 | p > 0.985 |
| LLINs | 85 | 92.1 | 20.7 | p < 0.001 | 85.5 | 85.8 | 0.17 | p > 0.991 | |
| Recognizing the types of nets | Ordinary | 29.8 | 4.1 | 340.8 | p < 0.001 | 30.6 | 31 | 0.33 | p > 0.084 |
| Impregnated | 55.8 | 11.6 | 56.5 | 57.8 | |||||
| Both responses | 14.4 | 84.3 | 12.9 | 11.2 | |||||
| Types of impregnation | LLINs | 21 | 22.9 | 8.17 | p < 0.017 | 19.8 | 20.1 | 0.245 | p > 0.885 |
| ITNs | 32 | 20.3 | 30.8 | 33 | |||||
| Both responses | 47 | 56.8 | 49.4 | 46.9 | |||||