Table 3.
Experiences of TME of the respondents in relation to participation (n = 158)
| Characteristics | Participation | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partial/none (n = 17) | Complete (n = 141) | Total (n = 158) | ||
| Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | ||
| Provided blood for test during MDA | ||||
| Yes | 9 (52.9) | 141 (100) | 150 (94.9) | < 0.001 |
| No | 8 (47.1) | 0 | 8 (5.1) | |
| If yes, reasons (n = 150) | ||||
| I want to check malaria | 4 (44.4) | 53 (37.6) | 57 (38) | 0.8 |
| I am scared of malaria | 1 (11.1) | 27 (19.1) | 28 (18.7) | |
| I am scared of illness | 0 | 10 (7.1) | 10 (6.7) | |
| I want to be free from malaria | 2 (22.2) | 19 (13.5) | 21 (14) | |
| I want to have a good health | 1 (11.1) | 25 (17.7) | 26 (17.3) | |
| Other | 1 (11.1) | 7 (5) | 8 (5.3) | |
| Took medicine for mass drug administration | ||||
| Yes | 9 (52.9) | 141 (100) | 150 (94.9) | < 0.001 |
| No | 8 (47.1) | 0 | 8 (5.1) | |
| If yes, reasons (n = 150) | ||||
| I want to be free from malaria | 5 (55.6) | 61 (43.3) | 66 (44) | 0.39 |
| I want to have a good health | 1 (11.1) | 54 (38.3) | 55 (36.7) | |
| I am scared of malaria | 1 (11.1) | 15 (10.6) | 16 (10.7) | |
| I am scared of illness | 1 (11.1) | 5 (3.5) | 6 (4) | |
| Other | 1 (11.1) | 6 (4.3) | 7 (4.7) | |
| If yes, location of the MDA (n = 150) | ||||
| Village hall | 7 (77.8) | 101 (71.6) | 108 (72) | 0.56 |
| Village center | 2 (22.2) | 18 (12.8) | 20 (13.3) | |
| Other | 0 | 20 (14.2) | 20 (13.3) | |
| No response | 0 | 2 (1.4) | 2 (1.3) | |
| Medicine distribution center was convenient | ||||
| Yes | 9 (100) | 138 (97.9) | 147 (98) | 0.83 |
| No | 0 | 3 (2.1) | 3 (2) | |
| Distance between the medicine distribution center and your house (m) | ||||
| ≤ 100 | 4 (40) | 99 (70.2) | 103 (68.2) | 0.055 |
| ≥ 101 | 6 (60) | 42 (29.8) | 48 (31.8) | |
| Number of people in your household | ||||
| ≤ 6 | 10 (58.8) | 80 (56.7) | 90 (57) | 0.54 |
| ≥ 7 | 7 (41.2) | 61 (43.3) | 68 (43) | |
| Everyone in my house participated in TME | ||||
| Yes | 4 (23.5) | 81 (57.4) | 85 (53.8) | 0.008 |
| No | 13 (76.5) | 60 (42.6) | 73 (46.2) | |
| I had complaints after taking medicine | ||||
| Yes | 3 (33.3) | 27 (19.1) | 30 (20) | 0.25 |
| No | 6 (66.7) | 114 (80.9) | 120 (80) | |
| If yes, complaints started after | ||||
| Round 1 | 1 (33.3) | 24 (88.9) | 25 (83.3) | 0.041 |
| Round 2 | 1 (33.3) | 2 (7.4) | 3 (10) | |
| Round 3 | 1 (33.3) | 1 (3.7) | 2 (6.7) | |
| Household members had complaints after taking medicine (n = 153) | ||||
| Yes | 3 (23.1) | 36 (25.7) | 39 (25.5) | 0.012 |
| No | 9 (69.2) | 103 (73.6) | 112 (73.2) | |
| No one took the medicine | 1 (7.7) | 0 | 1 (0.7) | |
| Don’t know | 0 | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | |