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Table 1 Reported symptoms for perceived malaria illnesses in Adami Tulu district, 2003

From: Treatment-seeking behaviour for febrile illness in an area of seasonal malaria transmission in rural Ethiopia

  

Children

  

Symptomsa

All ages (n = 1748)

<5 years (n = 290)

5–14 years (n = 578)

Adults ≥15 years (n = 880)

P-value

Fever

1652 (95%)

227 (96%)

545 (94%)

830 (94%)

NSb

Shivering and chills

1510 (86%)

252 (87%)

480 (83%)

778 (88%)

0.013c

Loss of appetite

614 (35%)

91 (31%)

196 (34%)

327 (37%)

NS

Headache

603 (34%)

107 (37%)

192 (33%)

304 (35%)

NS

High body temperature

500 (29%)

86 (30%)

157 (27%)

257 (29%)

NS

Vomiting

241 (14%)

54 (19%)

81 (14%)

106 (12%)

0.018c

Sleeplessness/restlessness

136 (8%)

17 (6%)

46 (8%)

73 (8%)

NS

Joint pains

13 (0.7%)

2 (0.7%)

3 (0.5%)

8 (0.9%)

NS

General weakness

10 (0.6%)

1 (0.3%)

2 (0.3%)

7 (0.8%)

NS

  1. a Multiple responses possible.
  2. b NS: not significant.
  3. c P-value < 0.05 = statistically significant.