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Table 1 Opinion of the population of the rectal treatment route

From: Knowledge and acceptability of the rectal treatment route in Laos and its application for pre-referral emergency malaria treatment

Acceptability

Urban

n = 336

(34.2%)

Rural

n = 649

(65.8%)

p

Total

n = 985

Difficult to do

138

(41.0)

215

(33.1)

0.01

353

(35.8)

Age to start rectal route (months)*

27.68

(23.6-31.7)

27.5

(24.7-30.6)

0.9

27.7

(25.3-30.0)

Age to stop

(months)*

65.3

(51.3-79.2)

50.9

(43.4-58.4)

0.05

55.9

(49.0-62.8)

Will recommend to friends, yes

222

(66.0)

426

(65.6)

0.8

648

(65.7)

Will do rectal TT, after training

259

(77.0)

475

(73.1)

0.01

734

(74.2)

Perception

Urban

n = 298 (37.9%)

Rural

n = 489 (62.1%)

p

Total

n = 787

Ineffective

216 (72.5)

318 (65)

0.03

534 (67.9)

Painful

102 (34.2)

122 (25)

0.005

224 (28.5)

Disliked by children

139 (46.6)

180 (36.8)

0.006

319 (40.5)

Difficult to perform

126 (42.3)

141 (28.8)

< 0.001

267 (33.69)

Adverse events

69 (23.1)

86 (17.6)

0.05

155 (19.7)

Leads to problems with defecation

82 (27.5)

105 (21.5)

0.053

187 (23.8)

Causes other diseases

57 (19.1)

59 (12.1)

0.007

116 (14.7)

  1. * 95% confidence interval