Integrating child health services into malaria control services of village malaria workers in remote Cambodia: service utilization and knowledge of malaria management of caregivers

Hasegawa, Aya; Yasuoka, Junko; Ly, Po; Nguon, Chea; Jimba, Masamine

doi:10.1186/1475-2875-12-292

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and care-seeking behavior of participants

From: Integrating child health services into malaria control services of village malaria workers in remote Cambodia: service utilization and knowledge of malaria management of caregivers

Variables	Total (n=800)		M (n=400)		M+C (n=400)
Variables	n/ $(\bar{X})$	%/(SD)	n/ $(\bar{X})$	%/(SD)	n/ $(\bar{X})$	%/(SD)	p-value
Caregiver’s age (years) (Mean: $\bar{X}$ , SD)	(29.8)	(7.8)	(29.9)	(8.1)	(29.7)	(7.5)	0.818
Number of children U5 (Mean: $\bar{X}$ , SD)	(1.3)	(0.5)	(1.2)	(0.4)	(1.3)	(0.5)	0.001
Distance from health centre (km) (Mean: $\bar{X}$ , SD)	(27.0)	(23.0)	(22.3)	(20.9)	(31.7)	(24.0)	<0.001
Caregiver’s literacy
Illiterate	394	49.3	159	39.8	235	58.8	<0.001
Literate	406	50.8	241	60.3	165	41.3
Caregiver’s wealth index
Low	211	26.4	96	24.0	115	28.8	<0.001
Middle	340	42.5	149	37.3	191	47.8
High	249	31.1	155	38.8	94	23.5
VMW’s experience (months) (Mean: $\bar{X}$ , SD)	(60.7)	(28.5)	(37.9)	(5.5)	(83.5)	(23.4)	<0.001
Know VMW in village
Yes	754	94.3	360	90.0	394	98.5	<0.001
Ever used VMW services
Yes	599	74.9	276	69.0	323	80.8	<0.001
Used VMW for childhood illnesses*
Yes	298	37.3	91	22.8	207	51.8	<0.001
Child age (months) (Mean: $\bar{X}$ , SD)	(27.8)	(16.0)	(29)	(15.9)	(27)	(16.0)	0.083
Most recent symptoms
ARI related symptoms	696	87.0	361	90.3	335	83.8	0.006
Diarrhoea	238	29.8	93	23.3	145	36.3	<0.001
Fever/Malaria	627	78.4	321	80.3	306	76.5	0.198
First health care provider for ARI related symptoms (n=696)
VMW	241	34.6	71	19.7	170	50.7	<0.001
Public	103	14.8	89	24.7	14	4.2
Private**	313	45.0	181	50.1	132	39.4
Home care	39	5.6	20	5.5	19	5.7
First health care provider for Diarrhoea (n=238)
VMW	70	29.4	8	8.6	62	42.8	<0.001
Public	41	17.2	30	32.3	11	7.6
Private**	110	46.2	48	51.6	62	42.8
Home care	17	7.1	7	7.5	10	6.9
First health care provider for Fever/Malaria (n=627)
VMW	223	35.6	75	23.4	148	48.4	<0.001
Public	87	13.9	70	21.8	17	5.6
Private**	262	41.8	148	46.1	114	37.3
Home care	55	8.8	28	8.7	27	8.8
Severity of symptoms
Mild	199	24.9	112	28.0	87	21.8	0.120
Moderate	441	55.1	210	52.5	231	57.8
Severe	160	20.0	78	19.5	82	20.5
Number of symptoms
One	29	3.6	29	7.3	39	9.8	0.308
Two	56	7.0	56	14.0	63	15.8
Three or more	315	39.4	315	78.8	298	74.5

*Within three months prior to the survey.
**Private clinic, pharmacy, traditional healer and other private practices.

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