Table 2 Care-seeking and treatment patterns for children under five with fever
|  | Bauchi (N = 379) | Sokoto (N = 435) | Total (N = 814) | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Sought Treatment | Â | ||||||
Yes | 299 | 78.9% | 325 | 74.7% | 624 | 76.7% | 0.16 |
No | 80 | 21.1% | 110 | 25.3% | 190 | 23.3% | |
|  | Bauchi (N = 299) | Sokoto (N = 325) | Total (N = 624) |  | |||
Location of first-line treatment or advice sought | Â | ||||||
Formal | 146 | 48.8% | 141 | 43.4% | 287 | 46.0% | 0.17 |
Health facility | 138 | 46.2% | 135 | 41.5% | 273 | 43.8% | 0.24 |
Private doctor | 8 | 2.7% | 6 | 1.8% | 14 | 2.2% | 0.45 |
Informal | 153 | 51.2% | 184 | 56.6% | 337 | 54.0% | 0.17 |
PMVs | 136 | 45.5% | 148 | 45.5% | 284 | 45.5% | 1.00 |
CBHV | 5 | 1.7% | 15 | 4.6% | 20 | 3.2% | 0.04 |
Traditional Practitioner | 5 | 1.7% | 10 | 3.1% | 15 | 2.4% | 0.26 |
Otheri | 7 | 2.3% | 11 | 3.4% | 18 | 2.9% | 0.41 |
Timing of first-line treatment | Â | ||||||
Prompt | 192 | 64.2% | 192 | 59.1% | 384 | 61.5% | 0.19 |
Not Prompt | 107 | 35.8% | 133 | 40.9% | 240 | 38.5% | |
Treatment | Â | ||||||
Received diagnostic blood test | 30 | 10.0% | 31 | 9.8% | 61 | 9.8% | 0.84 |
Received medication | 245 | 81.9% | 237 | 72.9% | 482 | 77.2% | 0.02 |
Received non-anti-malarial medication | 131 | 46.4% | 102 | 35.3% | 233 | 37.3% | 0.38 |
Received anti-malarial | 114 | 38.1% | 135 | 41.5% | 249 | 39.9% | 0.38 |
Received prompt anti-malarial | 73 | 24.4% | 92 | 28.3% | 165 | 26.4% | 0.27 |
Received non-ACT anti-malarial | 79 | 28.0% | 107 | 37.0% | 186 | 29.8% | 0.004 |
Received prompt non-ACT anti-malarial | 51 | 18.1% | 69 | 21.2% | 120 | 19.2% | 0.01 |
Received ACT | 35 | 11.7% | 28 | 8.6% | 63 | 10.1% | 0.20 |
Received prompt ACT | 22 | 7.4% | 23 | 7.1% | 45 | 7.2% | 0.89 |