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Table 6 MMP malaria knowledge, attitudes and practice and treatment seeking

From: Designing malaria surveillance strategies for mobile and migrant populations in Nepal: a mixed-methods study

 

Imported cases

MMP social contacts

P-valueb

N = 60

(%)

N = 80

(%)

Malaria knowledge, attitudes and practice

 Not heard of malaria

32

(53.3)

55

(68.8)

0.06

 Knowledge of transmission

  Mosquito-borne

21

(35.0)

21

(26.3)

0.26

  Don’t know

37

(61.7)

59

(73.8)

0.13

  Othera

6

(8.3)

6

(3.8)

025

 Knowledge of preventive measures

  0

40

(66.7)

58

(72.5)

0.22

  1

7

(11.7)

13

(16.3)

  2+

13

(21.7)

9

(11.3)

 Type of preventive measures known

  ITNs

17

(28.3)

17

(21.3)

0.33

  Chemoprophylaxis

10

(16.7)

8

(10.0)

0.24

  Repellant

5

(8.3)

5

(6.3)

0.64

  Covering clothing

3

(5.0)

5

(6.3)

0.76

  Other

4

(6.67)

3

(3.75)

0.43

 Knowledge of symptoms

  No symptoms known

29

(48.3)

60

(75.0)

< 0.0001

  1–3 symptoms known

4

(6.7)

8

(10.0)

  4+ symptoms known

27

(45.0)

12

(15.0)

 Symptoms known

  Fever

31

(51.7)

20

(25.0)

0.001

  Headache

25

(41.7)

17

(21.3)

0.009

  Other (muscle pain, fatigue, dizzy)

29

(48.3)

12

(15.0)

< 0.0001

 Knowledge of free testing and treatment

  Knows of free testing

28

(46.7)

18

(32.9)

0.005

  Believes must pay

3

(5.0)

2

(2.5)

  Does not know

29

(48.3)

60

(75.0)

History of symptoms and testing (MMP only)

 Ill with fever in past 6 months

–

–

16

(20.0)

–

 Sought treatment for fever

–

–

16

(100)

–

 Location sought treatment from

–

–

  

–

  District hospital

–

–

1

(6.3)

–

  Private clinic or hospital

–

–

5

(31.3)

–

  Pharmacy

–

–

10

(62.5)

–

 Diagnostic test used

–

–

15

(18.8)

–

  1. Italic values indicate significance of p value (p < 0.05)
  2. aIncludes water-borne, food-borne and direct transmission
  3. bChi squared test of association