Table 1 Demographic and knowledge on malaria transmission characteristics of 280 patients infected with Plasmodium vivax and treated with chloroquine + primaquine in Brazilian Amazon
From: Adherence to Plasmodium vivax malaria treatment in the Brazilian Amazon Region
Characteristics | n | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Municipality of residence | Alenquer | 52 | 18.6 |
Goianésia do Pará | 68 | 24.3 | |
Itaituba | 64 | 22.9 | |
Marabá | 58 | 20.7 | |
Santarém | 38 | 13.5 | |
Local of treatment | Hospital | 24 | 8.5 |
Emergence room | 15 | 5.4 | |
Primary Care Unit | 67 | 23.9 | |
Rural Health Care Center | 173 | 61.8 | |
Others | 1 | 0.4 | |
Age (years) | < 1 | 4 | 1.4 |
1-4 | 24 | 8.6 | |
5-9 | 29 | 10.4 | |
10-14 | 30 | 10.7 | |
≥ 15 | 193 | 68.9 | |
Gender | Male | 186 | 66.4 |
Female | 94 | 33.6 | |
Person who answered the interview | Patient | 204 | 72.8 |
Responsible for the child | 76 | 27.2 | |
Knowledge on how malaria is transmitted | By mosquitos | 254 | 90.7 |
By water | 7 | 2.5 | |
Do not know | 19 | 6.8 |