Table 4 National Malaria Treatment Guidelines (NMTG) knowledge and practices
Health centre | Hospital | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | P value | |
Do you know the NMTG of Equatorial Guinea? | |||||
No | 15 | 57.69 | 6 | 33.33 | |
Yes | 11 | 42.31 | 12 | 66.67 | 0.099 |
How did you hear about the NMTG? | |||||
Specific MINSABS training | 4 | 36.36 | 4 | 33.33 | |
Specific training of Centre’s Management | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 8.33 | |
Work colleagues | 5 | 45.45 | 4 | 33.33 | |
Other training | 2 | 18.18 | 3 | 25.00 | 0.736 |
First-line treatment regimen that NMTG recommends for children under 15 years | |||||
ASAQ | 7 | 63.64 | 9 | 75.00 | |
Quinine | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 16.67 | |
Other | 4 | 36.36 | 1 | 8.33 | 0.134 |
First-line treatment guideline recommended by the NMTG before transferring | |||||
AS suppositories | 1 | 9.09 | 1 | 8.33 | |
No correct treatments | 7 | 63.64 | 7 | 58.33 | |
Don´t know | 3 | 27.27 | 4 | 33.33 | 0.100 |
First-line treatment regimen recommended by the NMTG for the treatment of severe malaria | |||||
AS iv and, when tolerated, oral ASAQ | 3 | 27.27 | 9 | 75.00 | |
Other | 7 | 63.64 | 3 | 25.00 | |
Don´t know | 1 | 9.09 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.062 |
Do you have any difficulty in applying the protocols proposed by the NMTG? | |||||
No | 8 | 72.73 | 7 | 58.33 | |
Yes | 3 | 27.27 | 5 | 41.67 | 0.389 |
What are the main difficulties in applying the protocols in the NMTG? | |||||
Presence of adverse effects | 2 | 66.67 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.344 |
The patient does not like the treatment | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 40.00 | 0.162 |
Emergence of resistance | 1 | 33.33 | 1 | 20.00 | 0.591 |
Lack of availability | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 40.00 | 0.162 |
Do you think that any change in the pattern of the NMTG protocol is necessary? | |||||
No | 8 | 72.73 | 10 | 83.33 | |
Yes | 3 | 27.27 | 2 | 16.67 | 0.64 |