Table 6 Purchase place of drugs used by caregivers who practised home treatment to treat malaria in children under 12 (N = 185)
Variates | Formal Market | IMPD | Chi square | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Categories | Subcategories | n = 118 (%) | n = 67 (%) | p-value |
Therapeutic classes | Anti-malarial | 81 (69) | 39 (58) | 0.153 |
Antipyretic | 71 (60) | 54 (81) | 0.004 | |
Anthelmintic | 4 (3) | 7 (10) | 0.101 | |
Antibiotic | 13 (11) | 11 (16) | 0.293 | |
Supplements | 10 (8) | 16 (24) | 0.004 | |
Anti-malarial | ACT | 44 (37) | 11 (16) | 0.003 |
SP | 6 (5) | 1 (1) | 0.425 | |
Quinine | 24 (20) | 21 (31) | 0.094 | |
Chloroquine | 3 (3) | 8 (12) | 0.019 | |
Other anti-malarial | 4 (3) | 0 (0) | 0.298 | |
Galenic form | Tablet/pill | 101 (76) | 66 (93) | 0.003 |
Injection/infusion | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 | |
Syrup | 25 (19) | 4 (6) | 0.010 | |
Other | 6 (5) | 1 (1) | 0.425 | |
Number of different therapeutic classes | 1 | 60 (51) | 24 (36) | 0.048 |
2 | 46 (39) | 31 (46) | 0.334 | |
≥ 3 | 12 (10) | 12 (18) | 0.132 | |