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Table 2 Health perceptions in relation to participation
| MDA administration | p value* | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Incomplete | Complete | Total | ||||||
| Number respondents | (56) | (148) | (174) | (378) | |||||
| What sickness causes most health problems in your village? (more than one answer was allowed) | |||||||||
| Malaria | 42 | 75 % | 116 | 78 % | 137 | 79 % | 295 | 78 % | 0.978 |
| Respiratory tract infections | 9 | 16 % | 23 | 16 % | 24 | 14 % | 56 | 15 % | 0.065 |
| Diarrhoea | 5 | 9 % | 12 | 8 % | 14 | 8 % | 31 | 8 % | 0.871 |
| Tuberculosis | 0 | 0 % | 1 | 1 % | 5 | 3 % | 6 | 2 % | 0.302 |
| What causes malaria? (more than one answer was allowed) | |||||||||
| Mosquitoes transmit malaria | 44 | 79 % | 96 | 65 % | 137 | 79 % | 277 | 73 % | 0.012 |
| Don’t know | 7 | 13 % | 37 | 25 % | 17 | 10 % | 61 | 16 % | 0.001 |
| No answer | 5 | 9 % | 15 | 10 % | 20 | 11 % | 40 | 11 % | |
| What do you do to prevent malaria? (more than one answer was allowed) | |||||||||
| Use bed net | 38 | 68 % | 107 | 72 % | 137 | 79 % | 282 | 75 % | 0.140 |
| Use mosquito coils | 4 | 7 % | 13 | 9 % | 16 | 9 % | 33 | 9 % | 0.854 |
| Cut down the grass | 6 | 11 % | 5 | 3 % | 16 | 9 % | 27 | 7 % | 0.249 |
| Spray household with insecticide | 4 | 7 % | 8 | 5 % | 8 | 5 % | 20 | 5 % | 0.178 |
| No answer | 4 | 7 % | 15 | 10 % | 0 | 19 | 5 % | ||
| What kind of complaints do people with malaria have? (more than one answer was allowed) | |||||||||
| Shivering | 26 | 46 % | 69 | 47 % | 85 | 49 % | 180 | 48 % | 0.376 |
| Fever | 30 | 54 % | 76 | 51 % | 71 | 41 % | 177 | 47 % | 0.268 |
| Headache | 25 | 45 % | 64 | 44 % | 86 | 49 % | 175 | 46 % | 0.001 |
| Vomiting | 14 | 25 % | 36 | 24 % | 44 | 25 % | 94 | 25 % | 0.046 |
