Table 1 Mothers' response to fever (n = 96 unless indicated)
Variables | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Mothers recognized fever as "hot body" or "hot body with others symptoms or signs" | 68 (70.8%) |
Mothers defined malaria as "fever or fever with other symptoms or signs" | 84 (87.5%) |
Mothers blamed malaria for the child current fever | 38 (40.0%) |
Mothers believed that the common cause of fever in the area is malaria | 76 (79.2%) |
Mothers seeking advice from any source before coming to health facilities | 58 (60.4%) |
Mothers give the child any sort of care before coming to health facilities | 49 (51.0%) |
The care given to the child was drugs (n = 49) | 44 (89.8%) |
Village is the source of the care given (n = 49) | 43 (87.8%) |
Duration (in hours) of response from the initiation of fever (Mean ± SD) | 67.8 ± 41.3 |
Mothers now in this facility because child condition deteriorated | 93 (96.9%) |
Decision for coming here was the decision of: | Â |
   • Mother | 41 (42.7%) |
   • Father | 17 (17.7%) |
   • Mother/father | 33 (34.4%) |
   • Others | 05 (05.2%) |