Using WeChat official accounts to improve malaria health literacy among Chinese expatriates in Niger: an intervention study

Table 3 Comparison of accuracy rate of malaria-related health literacy and major indexes between the two groups, before and after intervention

Aspect	Indexes	Before intervention				χ²	p	After intervention				χ²	p
		Intervention		Control				Intervention		Control
		n	%	n	%			n	%	n	%
Knowledge	Malaria transmission knowledge	400	55.48	386	53.61	0.057	0.477	607	84.19	399	55.42	141.5	<0.001
	Malaria prevention related knowledge	345	47.85	327	45.42	0.857	0.355	593	82.25	348	48.33	182.9	<0.001
	Malaria diagnosis standard	100	13.87	99	13.75	0.004	0.948	570	79.06	111	15.42	585.4	<0.001
	Malaria treatment approach	633	87.79	640	88.89	0.419	0.518	650	90.15	639	88.75	0.751	0.27
Attitude	Malaria prevention attitude	426	59.08	427	59.31	0.007	0.932	611	84.74	431	59.86	111.42	<0.001
	Wish to acquire malaria information	664	92.09	669	92.92	0.351	0.553	678	94.04	659	91.53	4.115	0.042
	Malaria diagnosis and treat on time	377	52.29	373	51.81	0.034	0.854	588	81.55	380	52.78	133.98	<0.001
Practice	Acquire malaria information activity	131	18.17	133	18.47	0.022	0.882	663	91.96	150	20.83	738.24	<0.001
	Comprehensive malaria prevention practice activity	122	16.92	133	18.47	0.595	0.440	508	70.46	140	19.44	376.48	<0.001
	Help others activity	669	92.79	676	93.89	0.702	0.402	681	94.45	652	90.56	8.96	0.02
	Malaria diagnosis and treatment practice	715	99.17	714	99.17	0.000	0.998	711	98.61	710	98.61	0.00	0.998
Skill	Knowledge acquire skill self-assessment	565	78.36	564	78.33	0.000	0.989	602	83.50	571	79.31	4.177	0.041
	Malaria diagnosis skill self-assessment	605	83.91	614	85.28	0.516	0.472	616	85.44	600	83.33	1.21	0.271
	Using RDT skill	183	25.38	183	25.42	0.000	0.998	587	81.41	188	26.11	443.32	<0.001
	Reading doctor’s advice skill	405	56.17	411	57.08	0.122	0.727	568	78.78	417	57.92	72.49	<0.001

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