Table 4 Knowledge and practice of auxiliaries by trained and untrained status
From: Knowledge and practices of private pharmacy auxiliaries on malaria in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Variables | Specialized | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Yes (%) | No (%) | ||
Knowledge | |||
Pathogen | |||
Good response | 75 (21.9%) | 37 (35.6%) | 0.0181 |
Poor response | 234 (68.2) | 59 (56.7) | |
Don’t know | 34 (9.9) | 85(7.7) | |
Antimalariques | |||
Artemether + lumefantrine | 340 (99.1) | 104 (100) | 0.0004684 |
Artesunate + amodiaquine | 249 (72.6) | 74 (71.1) | |
Dihydroartemisinin + piperaquine | 160 (46.6) | 52 (50) | |
Quinine | 205 (59.8) | 82 (78.8) | |
Artesunate + sulfamethoxypyrazine + pyrimethamine | 8 (2.3) | 3 (2.9) | |
Sulfadoxine + pyrimethamine | 141 (41.1) | 47 (45.2) | |
Arterolane maleate + phosphate de piperaquine | 47 (13.7) | 13 (12.5) | |
Mefloquine | 32 (9.3) | 39 (37.5) | |
Artesunate + mefloquine | 5 (1.4) | 9 (8.6) | |
Chloroquine | 2 (0.6) | 6 (5.8) | |
Neem Kinkeliba Khaya Senegalensis (DIE KOUADIO) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.9) | |
National treatment guidelines for uncomplicated malaria | |||
Good | 88 (25.6) | 38 (36.5) | 0.000081 |
Poor | 49 (14.3) | 28 (27) | |
Don’t know | 206 (60.1) | 38 (36.5) | |
National treatment guidelines for complicated malaria | |||
Good | 72 (21) | 48 (46.2) | 0.0000011 |
Poor | 30 (8.7) | 10 (9.6) | |
Don’t know | 241 (70.3) | 46 (44.2) | |
Practices | |||
Drugs recommended | |||
Artemether + lumefantrine | 307 (89.5) | 101 (97.1) | |
Artesunate + amodiaquine | 51 (14.9) | 27 (26) | |
Dihydroartemisinin + piperaquine | 66 (19.2) | 39 (37.5) | |
Quinine | 16 (4.7) | 14 (13.5) | |
Arterolane maleate+ phosphate piperaquine | 7 (2) | 1 (1) | |
Sulfadoxine + pyrimethamine | 48 (14) | 22 (21.1) | |
Mefloquine | 3 (0.9) | 0 (0) | |
Artesunate + mefloquine | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | |
Artesunate + sulfamethoxypyrazine + pyrimethamine | 3 (0.9) | 0 (0) | |
Neem + Kinkeliba + Khaya Senegalensis (DIE KOUADIO) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | |
None | 36 (10.5) | 3 (2.2) | |
Recommended posology | |||
Correct | 1030 (50.1) | 423 (60.3) | 0.0000035 |
Incorrect | 1025 (49.9) | 278 (39.7) | |
Auxiliaries performing Rapid DiagnosticTest (RDT) | |||
Yes | 126 (36.7) | 25 (24) | 0.0164 |
No | 217 (63.3) | 79 (76) | |
What to do in case of negative RDT | |||
Treat for malaria | 28 (8.2) | 4 (3.8) | 0.0577 |
Treat the symptoms then wait 3 days if symptoms persist, do a curative treatment | 1 (0.3) | 1 (1) | |
Treat the symptoms and/or refer to a health center | 106 (30.9) | 22 (21.1) | |
None | 217 (63.3) | 79 (75.9) | |