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Table 2 Knowledge of febrile patients about malaria, northwest Ethiopia, September to December, 2017

From: Early treatment-seeking behaviour for malaria in febrile patients in northwest Ethiopia

Knowledge characteristics

Frequency (%)

Knowledge of malaria symptoms

 Fever

674 (99.0)

 Chills

264 (38.8)

 Headache

608 (89.4)

 Nausea/vomiting

170 (25.0)

 Loss of appetite

387 (56.9)

 Joint pain

263 (38.7)

 Feeling weakness

82 (12.0)

Knowledge of malaria causes

 Mosquito bite

439 (64.6)

 Eating immature sugarcane

158 (23.2)

 Cold/changing weather

43 (6.3)

 Drinking dirty water

33 (4.9)

 Hunger (empty stomach)

5 (0.7)

 Getting soaked with rain

2 (0.3)

Knowledge of malaria danger signs

 Seizure/convulsion

630 (92.6)

 Any fever

177 (26.0)

 High fever

510 (75.0)

 Unable to eat

468 (68.8)

 Vomiting

210 (30.9)

 Chills/shivering

320 (47.0)

 Do not know

5 (0.7)

Knowledge of vulnerable groups

 Children

432 (63.5)

 Pregnant

476 (70.0)

 Any person

178 (26.2)

 Elderly

15 (2.2)

Knowledge of advantage of sleeping under net

 Knew advantage

500 (73.5)

 Do not know advantage

180 (26.5)

Knowledge of mosquito breeding sites

 Stagnant water

538 (79.1)

 Waste/polluted water

425 (62.5)

 Broken glass plastics

225 (33.0)

Knowledge of prevention of malaria

 Sleep under a mosquito net

351 (51.6)

 Avoid mosquito bites

191 (28.0)

 Environmental control

578 (85.0)

 Take preventive medication

49 (7.2)

 Spray house with insecticide

584 (85.9)

 Do not know

1 (0.2)