Table 3.
Demographic, clinical and treatment characteristics of patients with malaria diagnosed under NMCP by VHV and BHS in Myanmar, 2015
| Characteristics | Total n (%) |
VHV n (%) |
BHS n (%) |
p valuef |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totala | 107,617 (100) | 30,090 (28.0) | 77,527 (72.0) | |
| Age (years) | ||||
| < 5 | 8917 (8.3) | 3092 (10.3) | 5825 (7.5) | < 0.01 |
| 5–14 | 19,324 (18.0) | 6989 (23.2) | 12,335 (15.9) | |
| ≥ 15 | 79,376 (73.8) | 20,009 (66.5) | 59,367 (76.6) | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 72,716 (67.6) | 19,574 (65.1) | 53,142 (68.5) | < 0.01 |
| Female | 34,901 (32.4) | 10,516 (34.9) | 24,385 (31.5) | |
| Malaria speciesb | ||||
| Pf | 70,256 (65.3) | 20,797 (69.1) | 49,459 (63.8) | < 0.01 |
| Pv | 34,145 (31.7) | 7934 (26.4) | 26,211 (33.8) | |
| Mixed | 3210 (3.0) | 1359 (4.5) | 1851 (2.4) | |
| Severityc | ||||
| Complicated | 1340 (1.3) | 383 (1.3) | 957 (1.3) | 0.38 |
| Uncomplicated | 101,999 (98.7) | 28,049 (98.7) | 73,950 (98.7) | |
| Treatment status | ||||
| Treated | 102,643 (95.4) | 29,054 (96.6) | 73,589 (94.9) | < 0.01 |
| Not treated | 4974 (4.6) | 1036 (3.4) | 3938 (5.1) | |
| Time of treatment (h)d | ||||
| ≤ 24 | 33,446 (37.2) | 11,792 (44.7) | 21,654 (34.1) | < 0.01 |
| > 24 | 56,497 (62.8) | 14,615 (55.3) | 41,882 (65.9) | |
| Treatment providede | ||||
| Complete | 88,382 (86.1) | 23,503 (80.9) | 64,879 (88.2) | < 0.01 |
| Incomplete/inappropriate | 14,261 (13.9) | 5551 (19.1) | 8710 (11.8) | |
All are column percentages except a which is row percentage; VHV: Village health volunteers; BHS: Basic health staffs; Pf: Plasmodium falciparum; Pv: Plasmodium vivax; mixed: Both Pf and Pv positive; b 6 cases of Plasmodium malariae and ovale omitted from the analysis; c 4278 cases missing severity; d 12,700 cases missing time of treatment among treated; e 4974 cases did not receive treatment; f chi-squared test has been used