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Table 3 Comparison of household respondent’s knowledge of malaria

From: Evaluation of intensified behaviour change communication strategies in an artemisinin resistance setting

Indicator

iBCC

N = 387

niBCC

N = 387

Mc Nemar

p value

%

95 % CI

%

95 % CI

Sign knowledge

 Fever

91.5

87.4–94.4

93.5

89.8–96.0

0.38

 Chill

89.7

85.4–92.8

89.3

83.9–93.1

0.90

 Know fever + chill

85.8

80.7–89.7

87.5

82.1–91.5

0.59

Transmission knowledge

 Malaria transmitted by mosquito

96.9

94.4–98.4

97.2

94.6–98.6

0.83

 Staying/sleeping in forest

39.7

29.5–50.8

30.7

23.7–38.7

0.17

 Staying sleeping in farm

7.1

4.0–12.3

5.1

2.8–9.0

0.40

Prevention knowledge

 Avoid mosquito bite

69.3

61.4–76.2

58.4

48.1–68.1

0.08

 Sleep under an ITN

80.4

73.6–85.8

84.8

80.1–88.6

0.23

 Stay out of forest

17.3

12.3–23.6

12.7

8.9–17.7

0.19

Reaction in case of malaria suspicion

 Stay home and wait for fever to go away

34.9

19.1–54.9

34.8

21.0–51.7

0.99

 Seek advice from VMW/VMW

62.9

52.8–72.1

65.2

53.1–75.6

0.76

 Seek advice from public health facility

15.5

8.1–27.5

21.0

12.2–33.6

0.44

 Get a test

0.3

0.0–2.0

0.1

0.0–1.2

0.69

Appropriate source for test and treatmenta

 Appropriate source for testa

90.4

81.8–95.2

91.1

84.7–95.0

0.87

 Appropriate source for treatmenta

88.5

78.7–94.1

91.5

85.6–95.1

0.47

 Appropriate source for test AND treatmenta

88.0

78.1–93.7

90.3

84.1–94.2

0.59

Knowledge of treatment duration

 Less than 3 days

0.4

0.1–1.7

0.3

0.0–2.4

0.08

 3 days

58.6

50.1–66.6

57.8

48.1–67.0

 More than 3 days

16.6

11.9–22.7

8.8

5.7–13.4

 Don’t know

24.4

16.2–35.1

33.1

25.6–41.6

Ever heard of resistance of malaria drugs

63.9

54.8–72.1

54.6

46.7–62.2

0.11

  1. aAppropriate source = VMW/VHV, health centre/FDH, referral hospital or farm owner