Table 3 Level of malaria severity and susceptibility perception of febrile patients, northwest Ethiopia, September to December, 2017
From: Early treatment-seeking behaviour for malaria in febrile patients in northwest Ethiopia
Variables | Strongly disagree # (%) | Disagree # (%) | Neutral # (%) | Agree # (%) | Strongly agree # (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perceived severity (Cronbach’s α = 0.93) | |||||
Malaria is serious disease | 24 (4.0) | 201 (29.0) | 146 (22.0) | 275 (40) | 34 (5.0) |
Worried suffering from malaria | 32 (4.7) | 225 (33.1) | 63 (9.3) | 306 (45.0) | 54 (7.9) |
Complications of malaria are dangerous | 11 (1.6) | 164 (24.1) | 115 (16.9) | 282 (41.5) | 108 (15.9) |
Risk of death from malaria is higher in children and pregnant women | 20 (3.0) | 183 (27.0) | 87 (13.0) | 342 (50.0) | 48 (7.0) |
Severity of malaria is high among individual that do not seek treatment in time | 16 (2.4) | 208 (30.6) | 85 (12.5) | 293 (43.1) | 78 (11.5) |
Perceived susceptibility (Cronbach’s α = 0.95) | |||||
Malaria is prevalent in your area | 34 (5.0) | 189 (27.8) | 105 (15.4) | 234 (34.4) | 118 (17.4) |
You are vulnerable to malaria | 22 (3.0) | 218 (32.0) | 90 (13.0) | 217 (32.0) | 133 (19.6) |
Fever could be due to malaria | 33 (4.9) | 180 (26.5) | 82 (0.1) | 277 (40.8) | 108 (15.9) |
Malaria can cause anemia | 31 (5.0) | 211 (31.0) | 105 (15.0) | 237 (35.0) | 96 (14.0) |
Children and pregnant women mostly affected by malaria | 16 (2.35) | 205 (30.2) | 99 (14.6) | 263 (38.7) | 97 (14.3) |
Attitude variables (Cronbach’s α = 0.93) | |||||
Visiting HF within 24 h is better when you feel fever | 6 (1) | 164 (24) | 108 (16) | 280 (41) | 122 (18) |
Getting drug out of health professional prescription is not good for malaria | 29 (4) | 178 (26) | 107 (16) | 273 (40) | 93 (14) |
Visiting HF is better than home remedies? | 3 (0.44) | 204 (30) | 108 (15.9) | 352 (51.8) | 13 (1.9) |
Malaria drug is affordable at HF? | 31 (4.6) | 282 (41.5) | 13 (1.9) | 320 (47) | 34 (5) |
Taking malaria treatment from HF is better than traditional healer | 8 (1.18) | 131 (19.3) | 162 (23.8) | 319 (47) | 60 (8.8) |