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Table 3 Comparison between control and of malaria prevention and control indicators

From: Community-directed educational intervention for malaria elimination in Bhutan: quasi-experimental study in malaria endemic areas of Sarpang district

Characteristics

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

Pre-/Post-p-value

 

Control n (%)

Intervention n (%)

p- value

Control n (%)

Intervention n (%)

p- value

Control

Intervention

Slept under net the previous night

133 (95.0)

136 (97.1)

0.356

124 (89.9)

128 (91.4)

0.652

0.105

0.039*

Houses sprayed within past 12 months

138 (98.6)

138 (98.6)

0.159

122 (87.1)

137 (97.9)

0.120

0.010*

0.994*

Heard about malaria from health staff

125 (89.3)

124 (88.6)

0.840

75 (57.7)

121 (89.6)

<0.001*

<0.001*

0.778

Heard about malaria from CAG

18 (12.9)

14 (10)

0.452

13 (10)

66.7

<0.001*

0.462

<0.001*

Heard about malaria from radio

62 (44.3)

52 (37.1)

0.224

52 (40.0)

78 (57.8)

0.004*

0.476

0.001*

Regularly attended health education sessions

72 (77.4)

32 (58.2)

0.013*

52 (54.2)

62 (47)

0.297

0.001*

0.192

Never attended education sessions

1 (1.1)

8 (14.5)

0.001*

4 (4.2)

8 (6.1)

0.522

0.182

0.063

Malaria covered during health education

89 (63.6)

43 (30.7)

<0.001*

88 (91.7)

109 (82.6)

0.048*

<0.001*

<0.001*

Average number sessions past six months

2.1 ± 0.96

2.13 ± 1.31

0.839

1.58 ± 0.66

2.62 ± 1.29

<0.001**

<0.001**

0.019**

  1. *Statistically significant for χ 2 test of independence at 0.05 significance level.
  2. ** Statistically significant for independent T test at 0.05 significance level