Table 3 Malaria management practices of caregivers, N = 285
Description | N (%) |
|---|---|
Specific symptom that informed purchase of a drug | |
 Hot body | 102 (37.8) |
 Yellow urine | 18 (6.7) |
 Vomiting | 39 (14.4) |
 Body pains | 10 (3.7) |
 Diarrhoea | 9 (3.3) |
 Headache | 32 (11.9) |
 Convulsion | 4 (1.5) |
 Loss of appetite | 45 (16.7) |
 Other | 11 (4.1) |
Main reason you bought this particular drug | |
 Shopkeeper recommended | 73 (67.6) |
 Friend/neighbour/family | 5 (4.6) |
 It works better than other drugs | 20 (18.5) |
 Cost | 3 (2.8) |
 Was recommended by a health worker | 2 (1.9) |
 Other | 5 (4.6) |
Formulation of drug purchased | |
 Tablet | 47 (43.5) |
 Syrup | 28 (25.9) |
 Dispersible | 27 (25.0) |
 Other | 6 (5.6) |
How will you give (or take) the medicine | |
 Oral (tablet) | 34 (37.8) |
 Oral (dispersible) | 43 (47.8) |
 Injection | 1 (1.1) |
 Others | 12 (13.3) |