Table 3 Malaria related characteristics
Characteristics | Laos | Vietnam | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 400) | (n = 400) | ||||
n | % | n | % | ||
Possession of bed nets (all types) | |||||
No bed net | 31 | 7.8 | 1 | 0.3 | |
1 – 2 nets | 222 | 55.5 | 172 | 43.0 | 0.001 |
More than 2 | 147 | 36.8 | 227 | 56.7 | |
Average of persons: 1 net | 2.6 | 2.3 | |||
Were net impregnated? | |||||
Yes | 247 | 61.8 | 3 | 0.8 | < 0.001 |
No | 122 | 3.50 | 383 | 95.8 | |
Do not remember | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 3.2 | |
No bed net | 31 | 7.7 | 1 | 0.2 | |
Do you have enough bed nets? | |||||
Yes | 199 | 49.8 | 275 | 69.0 | < 0.001 |
No | 170 | 42.5 | 124 | 31.0 | |
No bed net | 31 | 7.7 | 1 | 0.2 | |
Time family members usually go to bed (a) | |||||
Before 08 p.m. | 189 | 47.3 | 87 | 21.7 | < 0.001 |
08 – 11 p.m. | 210 | 52.5 | 298 | 74.5 | |
After 11 p.m. | 1 | 0.2 | 15 | 3.8 | |
Slept under bed net last night | |||||
Yes | 333 | 83.3 | 390 | 97.5 | < 0.001 |
No | 67 | 16.7 | 10 | 2.5 | |
Used to stay overnight in the field | |||||
Yes | 68 | 17.0 | 56 | 14.0 | 0.31 |
No | 332 | 83.0 | 344 | 86.0 | |
Slept under bed net when staying overnight in the field | (n = 68) | (n = 142) | |||
Yes | 20 | 29.4 | 50 | 35.2 | < 0.020 |
No | 47 | 69.1 | 76 | 53.5 | |
Do not remember | 1 | 1.5 | 16 | 11.3 | |
Distance of forest to house | |||||
< 100 m | 278 | 69.5 | 152 | 38.0 | |
100–200 m | 95 | 23.7 | 37 | 9.3 | <0.001 |
>200 m | 27 | 6.8 | 211 | 52.7 | |
Any family member had malaria last 12 months? | |||||
Yes | 157 | 39.3 | 122 | 30.5 | |
No | 240 | 60.0 | 226 | 56.5 | < 0.001 |
Do not remember | 3 | 0.7 | 52 | 13.0 | |
Treatment-seeking behaviour | |||||
Public sector of Vietnam | 147 | 36.8 | 362 | 90.5 | |
Public sector of Laos | 146 | 36.5 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Village Health Volunteer/Village Health Worker | 22 | 5.5 | 32 | 8.0 | |
Self-medication | 54 | 13.5 | 2 | 1.5 | |
Others | 31 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Malaria disease caused by | |||||
Flies | 5 | 1.3 | 5 | 1.3 | |
Mosquito | 289 | 72.3 | 328 | 82.0 | |
Earth/water/weather | 7 | 1.7 | 9 | 2.3 | |
Go to forest | 30 | 7.5 | 5 | 1.3 | < 0.001 |
Others | 38 | 9.5 | 4 | 1.1 | |
Do not know | 31 | 7.7 | 49 | 12.0 | |
No. of border crossings during the last 12 months | |||||
0 | 88 | 22.0 | 328 | 82.0 | |
1 – 50 times | 171 | 42.8 | 72 | 18.0 | < 0.001 |
50 – 100 | 98 | 24.5 | 0 | 0.0 | |
>100 | 43 | 10.7 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Main reasons for crossing the border | (n = 312) | (n = 72) | 0.0 | ||
Visit friends and relatives | 76 | 24.3 | 23 | 32.0 | |
Seeking treatment or buying drugs | 165 | 52.8 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Other business | 71 | 22.7 | 49 | 68.0 | |
Used bed net when staying overnight in another country | (n = 88) | (n = 72) | |||
Always used | 45 | 51.1 | 17 | 23.6 | |
Sometimes | 10 | 11.4 | 16 | 22.2 | 0.001 |
Never used | 33 | 37.5 | 39 | 54.2 | |