Table 2.
Knowledge of respondents regarding to cause, sign and symptoms, transmission, and preventive methods of malaria, Bahir Dar Zuria district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020.
| Variables | Category | Frequency (N = 149) | Percentage |
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| Do you know malaria | Yes | 144 | 96.6 |
| No | 5 | 3.4 | |
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| Causes of malaria | Mosquito bite | 72 | 48.3 |
| Cold temperature | 2 | 1.3 | |
| Poor sanitation | 1 | 0.7 | |
| Unknown | 74 | 49.7 | |
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| Main malaria transmission seasons∗ | Before main rainy season | 9 | 6.0 |
| Main rainy season | 49 | 32.9 | |
| After main rainy season | 82 | 55.0 | |
| All year round | 12 | 8.1 | |
| Unknown | 6 | 4.0 | |
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| The main sign and symptoms of malaria∗ | Fever/sweat | 83 | 55.7 |
| Headache | 83 | 55.7 | |
| Feeling cold | 94 | 63.1 | |
| Chills/shivers | 94 | 63.1 | |
| Nausea/vomiting | 20 | 13.4 | |
| Weakness, joint/muscle pain | 38 | 25.5 | |
| Loss of appetite | 46 | 30.9 | |
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| How do people get malaria?∗ | Mosquitoes bite | 72 | 48.3 |
| Drinking dirty water | 52 | 34.9 | |
| Working in sun | 10 | 6.7 | |
| Did not get enough food | 16 | 10.7 | |
| Leave near collected water | 33 | 22.1 | |
| Working in cold temperature | 20 | 13.4 | |
| I do not know | 35 | 23.5 | |
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| Which group of people is more affected by malaria?∗ | All adult (age > 15) | 3 | 2.0 |
| Children (5-15 years old) | 2 | 1.3 | |
| Children <5 years old | 50 | 33.6 | |
| Pregnant women | 26 | 17.4 | |
| All are equally affected | 78 | 52.3 | |
| I do not know | 8 | 5.4 | |
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| What are the prevention methods of malaria? ∗ | Using bed net | 120 | 81.9 |
| Draining stagnant water | 44 | 29.5 | |
| Spraying house with chemicals | 6 | 4.0 | |
| Sanitation | 2 | 1.3 | |
| Unknown | 25 | 16.8 | |
∗More than one answer is possible.