Table 3.
Treatment-seeking behaviour for malaria in households
| Variables | N | Overall, N = 3101 | Presence of bed nets within the household | p-value2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes, N = 1971 | No, N = 1131 | ||||
| Treatment-seeking behaviour | |||||
| Has anyone in your household been ill with fever or malaria in the last 12 months? (Yes) | 310 | 291 (93.9%) | 189 (95.9%) | 102 (90.3%) | 0.045 |
| If you or anyone in the household presented with signs and symptoms of malaria where would you seek treatment? | 308 | ||||
| Hospital | 74 (24.0%) | 50 (25.5%) | 24 (21.4%) | 0.4 | |
| Primary health centre | 240 (77.9%) | 153 (78.1%) | 87 (77.7%) | > 0.9 | |
| Private clinic | 7 (2.3%) | 4 (2.0%) | 3 (2.7%) | 0.7 | |
| Pharmacy | 46 (14.9%) | 27 (13.8%) | 19 (17.0%) | 0.5 | |
| Drugs or local medication at home | 13 (4.2%) | 10 (5.1%) | 3 (2.7%) | 0.4 | |
| Herbal medicine | 29 (9.4%) | 16 (8.2%) | 13 (11.6%) | 0.3 | |
| Laboratory | 10 (3.2%) | 8 (4.1%) | 2 (1.8%) | 0.3 | |
| Did not seek treatments | 6 (1.9%) | 3 (1.5%) | 3 (2.7%) | 0.7 | |
| After how many days will you start seeking for treatments? | 307 | 0.3 | |||
| On the same day | 212 (69.1%) | 131 (67.2%) | 81 (72.3%) | ||
| After 1–3 days | 90 (29.3%) | 61(19.9%) | 29 (9.4%) | ||
| After 4–5 days | 2 (0.6%) | 1 (0.3%) | 1 (0.3%) | ||
| After 9–10 days | 3 (0.9%) | 2 (0.6%) | 1 (0.3%) | ||
1Data were presented as n (%)
2Fisher’s exact test; Pearson’s Chi-squared test