Determinants of prompt and adequate care among presumed malaria cases in a community in eastern Rwanda: a cross sectional study

Table 2 Descriptive statistics for TPB constructs

Variable name	Variable groups	Frequency—n (%)
Attitude	Important to seek care in less than 24 h	284 (94)
	Important to have a diagnosis test before treatment	290 (96)
	Anti-malarial medicines do cure	290 (96)
	Favourable attitude score^a	276 (91.4)
Subjective norms	Support by family/partner to seek care in less than 24 h	284 (94)
	Support by family/partner to get tested before treatment	284 (94)
	Support by family/partner to adhere to treatment	285 (94.4)
	Social support score^a	277 (91.7)
Perceived behavioural control	Confident to take a decision to go to seek care	288 (95.4)
	Confident to take anti-malarial medicines as prescribed if tested malaria positive	295 (97.7)
	Perceived behavioural control score^a	288 (95.4)

^aReflects the recoded Likert scale and includes participants who only responded ‘very important’ to each of the sub-scale questions

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