Drugs use pattern for uncomplicated malaria in medicine retail outlets in Enugu urban, southeast Nigeria: implications for malaria treatment policy

Table 1 Demographic characteristics and summary findings

SN	Variable	Number	Percentage (%)
1	Gender
	Male	738	55.9
	Female	583	44.1
2	Age (years)
	Below 5	74	6.4
	5 to 12	113	8.4
	13 and above	1,134	85.2
3	Drug category
	ACT	961	72.7
	Monotherapy	360	27.3
	Artemisinin monotherapy	64	17.8
	Non-artemisinin monotherapy	296	82.2
	AMFm	326	33.9
4	Treatment mode
	Self-treatment	614	46.1
	Outlet treatment	473	35.7
	Prescriptions	234	18.2
5	Average number of brands per outlet (standard deviation)	18 (±4.47)

ACT = artemisinin combination therapy; PMV = patent medicine vendor; AMFm = Affordable Medicine Facility–malaria.

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