Malaria prevention knowledge, attitudes, and practices in Zambezia Province, Mozambique

Malaria Journal

Table 3 Level of knowledge about malaria

Type of Knowledge	Male		Female		OR	95% CI	Total
Type of Knowledge	N = 317	(%)	N = 456	(%)	OR	95% CI	N = 773	(%)
Reported cause of malaria transmission
Mosquito bite	271	85.5	374	83.4	1.68	1.20–2.34*	645	83.4
Garbage/dirt near the house	84	26.5	135	29.6	1.17	0.84–1.61	219	28.3
Others (fleas/lice)	49	15.5	67	14.7	0.94	0.63–1.41	116	15.0
Does not know	17	5.4	31	6.8	1.28	0.70–2.36	48	6.2
Recognition of symptoms
Body pain	124	39.1	156	34.2	0.81	0.60–1.08	280	36.2
Headaches	155	48.9	222	48.7	0.99	0.74–1.32	377	48.8
Joint pain	74	23.3	133	29.2	1.36	0.97–1.88*	207	26.8
Diarrhoea	39	12.3	86	18.9	1.66	1.10–2.49*	125	16.2
Vomit	46	14.5	114	25.0	1.96	1.34–2.86*	160	20.7
Lack of appetite	49	15.5	80	17.5	1.16	0.79–1.71*	129	16.7
Cough	5	1.6	7	1.5	0.97	0.30–3.09	12	1.6
Nasal congestion	1	0.3	1	0.2	0.69	0.04–11.1	2	0.3
Does not know	9	2.8	21	4.6	1.65	0.74–3.65	30	3.9
Reported malaria preventive measures
Burn leaves/eucalyptus	14	4.4	40	8.8	2.08	1.12–3.89*	54	7.0
Insecticide serpentine/spray	4	1.3	20	4.4	3.63	1.23–10.7*	24	3.1
Mosquito net	241	76.0	319	70.0	0.73	0.53–1.01*	558	72.2
Repellent	3	0.9	11	2.4	2.59	0.71–9.35	14	1.8
Burn garbage	112	35.3	156	34.2	0.95	0.70–1.28	268	34.7
Traditional treatment	3	0.9	6	1.3%	1.39	0.34–5.62	9	1.2
Improve home hygiene	79	24.9	109	23.9	0.95	0.67–1.32	188	24.3
Spraying/fumigate the house	8	2.5%	25	5.5	2.24	0,99–5.30*	33	4.3
Improve individual hygiene	16	5.0%	15	3.3	0.65	0.31–1.31	31	4.0
None/does not know	23	7.3%	42	9.2	1.29	0.76–2.20	65	8.4

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