Table 4 Prescription, administration, and counselling service of AL among patients with a positive malaria test result
Variable | All | Level | Ownership | Age category | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IV | III | II | GOU | PNFP | PFP | 0–4 | 5–14 | 14–44 |  > 45 | ||
AL prescribed | 1991 | 175 | 671 | 1145 | 1821 | 130 | 40 | 667 | 498 | 710 | 116 |
AL given, n (%) | 1613 (81.0) | 105 (60.0) | 528 (78.6) | 980 (85.6) | 1459 (80.1) | 120 (92.3) | 34 (85.0) | 544 (81.5) | 400 (80.3) | 584 (82.3) | 85 (73.3) |
Of those given AL | |||||||||||
 Given single blister pack AL, n (%) | 1147 (71.1) | 76 (72.3) | 351(66.4) | 720 (73.5) | 1035 (70.9) | 85 (70.8) | 2711 (79.4) | 420 (77.2) | 90 (22.5) | 554 (94.9) | 83 (97.6) |
 1st dose taken at facility, n (%) | 52 (3.2) | 2 (1.9) | 15 (2.6) | 35 (3.6) | 37 (2.5) | 10 (8.3) | 5 (14.7) | 25 (4.6) | 12 (3.0) | 15 (2.6) | 0 |
 1st dose swallowed in front of HW, n (%) | 14 (26.9) | 0 | 4 (0.7) | 10 (28.6) | 9 (24.3) | 5 (50.0) | 0 | 8 (32.0) | 1 (8.3) | 5 (33.3) | 0 |
Counseling to those given AL | |||||||||||
 How to take medicine at home, n (%) | 1432 (88.3) | 97 (92.3) | 460 (87.1) | 875 (89.3) | 1303 (89.3) | 100 (83.3) | 29 (85.3) | 477 (87.7) | 346 (86.5) | 531 (90.9) | 78 (91.8) |
 Next dose after 8 h, n (%) | 875 (54.2) | 44 (41.9) | 261 (49.4) | 570 (58.1) | 796 (54.6) | 50 (41.7) | 29 (85.3) | 293 (53.9) | 212 (53.0) | 309 (52.9) | 61 (71.7) |
 Take medicine after meals, n (%) | 1250 (77.5) | 68 (64.7) | 402 (76.1) | 780 (79.6) | 1120 (76.7) | 96 (80.0) | 34 (100.0) | 407 (74.8) | 304 (76.0) | 468 (80.1) | 71 (83.5) |
 Complete treatment, n (%) | 1159 (71.8) | 72 (68.6) | 377 (71.4) | 710 (72.5) | 1044 (71.6) | 82 (68.3) | 33 (97.1) | 396 (72.8) | 278 (69.5) | 426 (72.9) | 59 (69.4) |
 Response to drug AE, n (%) | 83 (5.2) | 3 (2.9) | 30 (5.7) | 50 (5.1) | 76 (5.2) | 7 (5.8) | 0 | 33 (6.1) | 19 (4.8) | 28 (4.8) | 3 (3.5) |
 Response after vomiting, n (%) | 2 (0.1) | 0 | 2 (0.4) | 0 | 2 (0.1) | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Given dispersible AL | 267 (24.3) | 17 (22.3) | 90 (25.6) | 160 (22.2) | 249 (24.1) | 18 (21.2) | 0 | 251 (59.7) | 15 (16.7) | 1 (0.2) | 0 |
  If yes, given water, n (%) | 16 (6.0) | 0 | 6 (6.7) | 10 (6.2) | 15 (6.0) | 1 (5.6) | 0 | 15 (6.0) | 0 | 1 (100.0) | 0 |
  If yes, Mother given instructions, n (%) | 10 (3.8) | 0 | 5 (5.6) | 3 (3.1) | 9 (3.6) | 1 (5.6) | 0 | 9 (3.6) | 0 | 1 (100.0) | 0 |