Table 3.

Reasons stated for and against confirmation of a primary diagnosis

	Positive RDT, confirm with BFM?		Negative RDT, confirm with BFM?		Positive BFM, confirm with RDT?		Negative BFM, confirm with RDT?
	Obs	%	Obs	%	Obs	%	Obs	%
No	21	52.5	13	32.5	26	65.0	27	67.5
Yes	19	47.5	27	67.5	14	35.0	13	32.5
Total	40	100.0	40	100.0	40	100.0	40	100.0
Yes: reasons
Trust in BFM	18	94.7	24	92.3
Trust in RDT					10	71.4	8	61.5
Other	15	78.9	16	61.5	5	35.7	6	46.2
Trust in both tests							6	46.2
No trust in result	7	36.8	11	42.3	4	28.6	4	30.8
No trust in RDT	4	21.1	5	19.2
No trust in BFM					4	28.6
BFM difficult to use					7	50.0	3	23.1
Total respondents	19	100.0	26	100.0	13	100.0	13	100.0
Total responses	44		56		27		27
No: reasons
Trust in result	21	100.0	13	100.0	24	92.3	26	96.3
Trust in RDT	18	85.7	12	92.3
Trust in BFM					19	73.1	25	92.6
No trust in RDT					8	30.8	12	44.4
Trust in both tests	4	19.0	6	46.2	4	15.4	3	11.1
BFM difficult to use	2	9.5	4	30.8
If symptomatic you give medicine	2	9.5	2	15.4			2	7.4
Other	2	9.5	1	7.7	8	30.8	6	22.2
Total respondents	21	100.0	13	100.0	26	100.0	27	100.0
Total responses	49		38		63		74

BFM blood film microscopy, RDT malaria rapid diagnostic test