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Table 3 Demographic, clinical and treatment characteristics of patients with malaria diagnosed under NMCP by VHV and BHS in Myanmar, 2015

From: Are village health volunteers as good as basic health staffs in providing malaria care? A country wide analysis from Myanmar, 2015

Characteristics

Total

n (%)

VHV

n (%)

BHS

n (%)

p valuef

Totala

107,617 (100)

30,090 (28.0)

77,527 (72.0)

 

Age (years)

 < 5

8917 (8.3)

3092 (10.3)

5825 (7.5)

< 0.01

 5–14

19,324 (18.0)

6989 (23.2)

12,335 (15.9)

 

 ≥ 15

79,376 (73.8)

20,009 (66.5)

59,367 (76.6)

 

Sex

 Male

72,716 (67.6)

19,574 (65.1)

53,142 (68.5)

< 0.01

 Female

34,901 (32.4)

10,516 (34.9)

24,385 (31.5)

 

Malaria speciesb

 Pf

70,256 (65.3)

20,797 (69.1)

49,459 (63.8)

< 0.01

 Pv

34,145 (31.7)

7934 (26.4)

26,211 (33.8)

 

 Mixed

3210 (3.0)

1359 (4.5)

1851 (2.4)

 

Severityc

 Complicated

1340 (1.3)

383 (1.3)

957 (1.3)

0.38

 Uncomplicated

101,999 (98.7)

28,049 (98.7)

73,950 (98.7)

 

Treatment status

 Treated

102,643 (95.4)

29,054 (96.6)

73,589 (94.9)

< 0.01

 Not treated

4974 (4.6)

1036 (3.4)

3938 (5.1)

 

Time of treatment (h)d

 ≤ 24

33,446 (37.2)

11,792 (44.7)

21,654 (34.1)

< 0.01

 > 24

56,497 (62.8)

14,615 (55.3)

41,882 (65.9)

 

Treatment providede

 Complete

88,382 (86.1)

23,503 (80.9)

64,879 (88.2)

< 0.01

 Incomplete/inappropriate

14,261 (13.9)

5551 (19.1)

8710 (11.8)

 
  1. All are column percentages except a which is row percentage; VHV: Village health volunteers; BHS: Basic health staffs; Pf: Plasmodium falciparum; Pv: Plasmodium vivax; mixed: Both Pf and Pv positive; b 6 cases of Plasmodium malariae and ovale omitted from the analysis; c 4278 cases missing severity; d 12,700 cases missing time of treatment among treated; e 4974 cases did not receive treatment; f chi-squared test has been used