Table 3 Participant knowledge about causes, symptoms, and prevention of malaria by transmission
Questions/responses | Malaria incidence (per 1000 population) | Total (N = 431) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
High (%) (≥ 1.9/1000) | Low (%) (< 1/1000) | |||
Causes of malaria | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Mosquito bite | 192(48.1) | 207(51.9) | 399 |  < 0.001 |
Eating dirty food | 7(29.1) | 17(70.8) | 24 | 0.05 |
Drinking dirty water | 2(4.5) | 42(95.5) | 44 |  < 0.001 |
Getting soaked with rain | 1(50.0) | 1(50.0) | 2 | 1.000 |
Cold weather | 3(33.3) | 6(66.7) | 9 | 0.478 |
Witchcraft/devil sprit | 0(0.0) | 3(100.0) | 3 | 0.238 |
Don’t know | 19(90.5) | 2(9.5) | 21 |  < 0.001 |
Malaria symptoms | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Fever | 151(43.5) | 196(56.5) | 347 |  < 0.001 |
Chill | 21(18.3) | 94(81.7) | 115 |  < 0.001 |
Headache | 105(40.4) | 155(59.6) | 260 |  < 0.001 |
Joint pain | 43(37.7) | 71(62.3) | 114 | 0.001 |
Loss of appetite | 20(42.6) | 27(57.4) | 47 | 0.311 |
Body pain | 49(53.8) | 42(46.2) | 91 | 0.559 |
Goes unconscious | 3(42.9) | 4(57.1) | 7 | 0.975 |
Seizure/convolution | 9(28.1) | 23(71.9) | 32 | 0.014 |
Not able to eat | 42(75.0) | 14(25.0) | 56 |  < 0.001 |
Prevention measures | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Sleep under bed net | 179(46.9) | 203(53.1) | 382 | 0.004 |
Use of repellant | 19(48.7) | 20(51.3) | 39 | 0.939 |
Take prevention medication | 35(52.2) | 32(47.8) | 67 | 0.854 |
Use insecticide coil | 11(35.5) | 20(64.5) | 31 | 0.119 |
Use door and window netting | 27(35.5) | 49(64.5) | 76 | 0.005 |
Bur local plants | 2(11.1) | 16(88.9) | 18 | 0.001 |
Wea long sleeves | 15(83.3) | 3(16.7) | 18 | 0.009 |