From: Attitudes toward home-based malaria testing in rural and urban Sierra Leone
Characteristic | Home-based (by self/family or CHV) testing preference (n = 330) | Laboratory-based testing preference (n = 95) | ||
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Rural (n = 299) | Urban (n = 31) | Rural (n = 71) | Urban (n = 24) | |
Did not want to spend money on the test | 64.4 (192/298) | 71.0 (22/31) | 72.9 (51/70) | 82.6 (19/23) |
Wanted to wait a few days to see if the fever went away | 42.4 (126/297) | 63.3 (19/30) | 32.8 (22/67) | 52.4 (11/21) |
Did not want to travel to a laboratory | 41.9 (124/296) | 54.8 (17/31) | 22.5 (16/71) | 60.9 (14/23) |
Did not need a test because already knew the cause of the fever | 34.5 (102/296) | 83.9 (26/31) | 18.6 (13/70) | 52.4 (11/21) |
A doctor or other healthcare provider did not recommend a test | 27.2 (81/298) | 25.8 (8/31) | 33.3 (23/69) | 31.6 (6/19) |
Did not want to have to wait for the test results | 23.5 (70/298) | 35.5 (11/31) | 16.9 (12/71) | 56.5 (13/23) |
Does not like blood draws | 14.2 (42/296) | 16.1 (5/31) | 11.4 (8/70) | 34.8 (8/23) |