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Table 1 Table showing improvement in mothers' knowledge on cause of malaria, prevention and drug most important in the treatment of malaria.

From: Assessment of a treatment guideline to improve home management of malaria in children in rural south-west Nigeria

 

Intervention arm only

 
 

Baseline

(n = 330)

Post intervention

(n = 300)

Level of significance

*Perceived cause of malaria

Playing in the sun

144 (43.6%)

87 (29.0)

X2 = 13.87; p = 0.0002

Playing in the rain

48 (14.5%)

32 (10.7%)

X2 = 1.80; p = 0.18

Drinking dirty water

21 (6.4%)

18 (6.0%)

X2 = 0.0; p = 0.98

Mosquito bite

13 (3.9%)

228 (76.0%)

X2 = 342.4; p < 0.0001

Inherited

15 (4.5%)

9 (3.0%)

X2 = 0.65; p = 0.42

Too much work

9 (2.7%)

7 (2.3%)

X2 = 0.0; p = 0.95

Dirty surroundings

24 (7.3%)

18 (6.0%)

X2 = 0.23; p = 0.63

Eating too much palm oil

8 (2.4%)

3 (1.0%)

X2 = 1.12; p = 0.29

Knowledge of prevention

 

Total number that said malaria can be prevented

177 (53.6%)

255(85%)

X2 = 41.62; p < 0.0001

*Prevention methods known

Chemoprophylaxis

143 (80.8%)

185 (72.5%)

X2 = 0.25; p = 0.62

Prevent water puddles

8 (4.5%)

35 (13.7)

X2 = 8.88; p = 0.002

Bednets

5 (3.0%)

31 (12.2%)

X2 = 10.72; p = 0.001

Insecticides

10 (5.6%)

3 (1.2%)

X2 = 5.71; p = 0.02

Barrier cream

5 (3.0%)

3 (1.2%)

X2 = 0.79; p = 0.28

Avoid sun, rain and dust

3 (1.7%)

2 (0.7%)

X2 = 0.0; p = 1.0

Drug most important for treatment of malaria

N = 324

N = 296

 

Antimalarial drugs (CQ, Fansidar®)

162 (50.0)

217 (73.3%)

X2 = 68.91; p < 0.0001

Paracetamol

117 (36.1)

73 (24.7%)

 

Haematinics/vitamins

16 (4.9)

4 (1.4%)

 

NSAIDs

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0%)

 

Antibiotics

5 (1.5)

2 (0.7%)

 

Don't know

23 (7.1)

0(0.0%)

 
  1. * Multiple responses