Table 4 Frequency distribution of drugs bought from the chemist/itinerant drug sellers
Name of drug | Intervention | Control | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Baseline N = 189 n (%) | Post N = 178 n (%) | Baseline N = 141 n (%) | Post N = 134 n (%) |
Paracetamol | *140(74.1) | 106 (59.5) | *103 (73.0) | *104 (77.6) |
Vitamins/blood tonic | 109 (57.7) | 128 (71.9) | 65 (46.1) | 84 (62.7) |
Chloroquine | 85 (45.0) | *130 (73.0) | 43 (30.5) | 49 (36.6) |
Antibiotics | 21 (11.1) | 18 (10.1) | 10 (7.1) | 17 (12.7) |
"Akapo"1 | 18 (9.5) | 9 (5.1) | 18 (12.8) | 12 (8.9) |
Chlorpheniramine | 6 (3.2) | 10 (5.6) | 6 (4.3) | 2 (1.5) |
Aspirin | 5 (2.6) | 3 (1.7 | 6 (4.3) | 4 (3.0) |
| Â | X 2 = 19.88; p = 0.003 | X 2 = 9.15; p = 0.17 | ||