Table 3.
Socio-demographic profile of participants reporting use of a certified ACT after a positive malaria test using a kit or turning to the health system during the last episode of malaria symptoms, French Guiana-Brazil-Suriname, 2015-2020
| Self-medication with UTC drugs n=27 | "Appropriate behavior" (using a malakit or turning to the healthcare system) n=62 | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socio-demographic data | |||||
| Age | <= 29 yo | 9 (36.0) | 16 (64.0) | 0.601 | |
| 30 - 44 yo | 10 (25.0) | 30 (75.0) | |||
| >= 45 yo | 7 (31.8) | 15 (68.2) | |||
| Sex | Female | 5 (17.9) | 23 (82.1) | 0.066 | |
| Male | 22 (36.1) | 39 (63.9) | |||
| Education level | None or primary | 14 (33.3) | 28 (66.7) | 0.363 | |
| Secondary or superior | 13 (27.7) | 34 (72.3) | |||
| Country of birth | Other than Brazil | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | / | |
| Brazil | 27 (30.3) | 62 (69.7) | |||
| Inclusion site | Surinamese border | 13 (27.7) | 34 (72.3) | 0.363 | |
| Brazilian border | 14 (33.3) | 28 (66.7) | |||
| Gold mining activity | |||||
| Time in gold mining | <= 10 years | 19 (30.2) | 44 (69.8) | 0.572 | |
| >10 years | 8 (30.8) | 18 (69.2) | |||
| Time in the last mining site | <= 6 months | 13 (26.5) | 36 (73.5) | 0.237 | |
| > 6 months | 14 (35.9) | 25 (64.1) | |||
| Travel time to the gold mining site | <=1 day | 7 (33.3) | 14 (66.7) | 0.928 | |
| > 1 day | 18 (26.0) | 44 (71.0) | |||
| dnk | 2 (33.3) | 4 (66.7) | |||
| Type of activity | Non-mobile activity | 20 (31.3) | 44 (68.7) | 0.489 | |
| Mobile activity | 7 (28.0) | 18 (72.0) | |||
| Number of mines they have worked at in the last 3 years | <=3 | 19 (31.7) | 41 (68.3) | 0.446 | |
| >3 | 8 (27.6) | 21 (72.4) | |||
| Number of exit from mining site > 3 days during the last year | <=4 | 21 (35.6) | 38 (64.4) | 0.103 | |
| >4 | 5 (19.2) | 21 (80.7) | |||