Impact of a behaviour change communication programme on net durability in eastern Uganda

Malaria Journal

Table 3 Percent distribution of selected characteristics about nets received from the campaign that were lost

	Baseline			Endline
	Comparison	Intervention	P value^π	Comparison	Intervention	P value^π
	N = 428	N = 450	P value^π	N = 445	N = 425	P value^π
Average nets received [95 % CI]	2.5 [2.3–2.7]	2.3 [2.2–2.4]	0.045	2.3 [2.1–2.5]	2.3 [2.2–2.4]	0.991
Proportion of households still with all nets given [95 % CI]	94.5 [92.7–96.2]	95.6 [92.9–98.4]	0.476	82.7 [77.8–87.6]	86.8 [83.3–90.3]	0.177
Average age losing the net, months [95 % CI]	1.8 [1.3–2.3]	1.6 [1.2–2.0]	0.593	10.3 [8.9–11.7]	6.6 [5.3–7.9]	<0.001
Attrition overall [95 % CI]	2.3 [1.3–3.3]	2.2 [0.8–3.6]	0.869	8.9 [6.4–11.4]	6.8 [4.9–8.7]	0.190
Attrition due to wear and tear [95 % CI]^a	0.6 [0–1.2]	0.2 [0–0.4]	0.149	5.4 [3.6–7.3]	1.7 [0.9–2.4]	<0.001

^πP values are shown for baseline and endline comparisons separately
^aOnly including nets destroyed, nets lost to wear and tear, other and do not know answers

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