Table 2.
Knowledge about malaria
| Area name | Total N (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Kaptai n (%) |
Sadar n (%) |
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| Heard about malaria | |||
| Yes | 95 (84.8) | 83 (94.3) | 178 (89.0) |
| No | 17 (15.2) | 5 (5.7) | 22 (11.0) |
| How is malaria transmitted | |||
| By drinking contaminated water | 1 (0.9) | 1 (1.1) | 2 (1.0) |
| By eating contaminated food | 3 (2.7) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.5) |
| Mosquito bite | 94 (83.9) | 83 (94.3) | 177 (88.5) |
| Close contact with an infected patient | 1 (0.9) | 1 (1.1) | 2 (1.0) |
| Don’t know | 13 (11.6) | 3 (3.4) | 16 (8.0) |
| Knows about basic signs (high fever and chills) | |||
| Yes | 76 (67.9) | 49 (55.7) | 125 (62.5) |
| No | 36 (32.1) | 39 (44.3) | 75 (37.5) |
| When do malaria mosquito bites | |||
| During night hours | 33 (29.5) | 58 (65.9) | 91 (45.5) |
| Any time of the day | 55 (49.1) | 19 (21.6) | 74 (37.0) |
| Don’t know | 24 (21.4) | 11 (12.5) | 35 (17.5) |
| What are the treatment options available | |||
| Allopathic treatment (modern medicine) | 90 (80.4) | 74 (84.1) | 164 (82.0) |
| Self/homeopathic treatment | 22 (19.6) | 14 (15.9) | 36 (18.0) |
| When to seek treatment | |||
| Within 24 h | 87 (77.7) | 85 (96.6) | 172 (86.0) |
| Beyond 24 h | 25 (22.3) | 3 (3.4) | 28 (14.0) |
| Where to seek treatment | |||
| Doctors with a professional degree | 48 (42.9) | 66 (75.0) | 114 (57.0) |
| No or self-treatment/drug store/traditional healers | 64 (57.1) | 22 (25.0) | 86 (43.0) |
| Main malaria preventive measures mentioneda | |||
| Sleeping under a mosquito net | 81 (72.3) | 71 (80.7) | 125 (76.0) |
| Clearing the environment from vegetation | 87 (77.7) | 40 (45.5) | 127 (63.5) |
| Using ITNs | 72 (64.3) | 46 (52.3) | 118 (59.0) |
aThese were multiple choice questions