Knowledge and behaviour as determinants of anti-malarial drug use in a peri-urban population from malaria holoendemic region of western Kenya

Table 2 Knowledge factors and the use of anti-malarial drugs in Manyatta-B

	Dependent variables
	Drugs taken	Dosage used	Duration used
Constants	2.021	1.231	1.778
Knowledge variables
Symptoms for use	β = 0.063, P = 0.001	β = 0.016, P = 0.849	β = 0.079, P = 0.150
Anti-malarial(s) availability	β = 0.013, P = 0.020	β = 0.121, P = 0.027	β = 0.018, P = 0.722
Dosage	β = 0.101, P = 0.341	β = 0.115, P = 0.279	β = 0.105, P = 0.322
Duration	β = 0.192, P = 0.089	β = 0.039, P = 0.706	β = 0.018, P = 0.022

Logistic regression analysis between the independent and dependant variables was used to identify variables associated with the use of anti-malarial drugs, P-values in bold were statistically significant at P ≤ 0.05. β = standard co-efficient. The result above shows that knowledge on symptoms for use and knowledge on anti-malaria available work together to influence types of anti-malarial that are taken in the households. Furthermore, knowledge on the duration of use determined the duration of which drugs were taken, while, knowledge on available anti-malarials determined the dosage used.

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