Table 3 Characteristics of diagnosed episodes of malaria recorded in or missing from the primary care medical records
Variables | All (N = 373) n (%) | Without record in primary care (N = 120) n (%) | With record in primary care (N = 253) n (%) | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | ||||
Median age (IQR) | 33 (23–32) | 30 (18–38) | 35 (25–46) | 0.001 |
Age group | 0.467 | |||
0–14 years | 52 (13.9) | 19 (15.8) | 33 (13.0) | |
≥ 15 years | 321 (86.1) | 101 (84.2) | 220 (87.0) | |
Sex | 0.230 | |||
Female | 194 (52.0) | 57 (47.5) | 137 (54.2) | |
Male | 179 (48.0) | 63 (52.5) | 116 (45.8) | |
Type of patient | ||||
Native of Europe | 15 (4.0) | 1 (0.5) | 14 (7.8) | 0.404 |
Second-generation immigrant | 25 (6.7) | 9 (4.6) | 16 (8.9) | 0.995 |
Immigrant with extended residence in Spain | 231 (61.9) | 136 (70.1) | 95 (53.1) | < 0.001 |
Recent immigrant | 56 (15.0) | 26 (13.4) | 30 (16.8) | 0.174 |
Health tourist | 12 (3.2) | 7 (36.6) | 5 (2.8) | 0.060 |
Tourist | 21 (5.6) | 10 (5.2) | 11 (6.1) | 0.002 |
Not available | 13 (3.5) | 5 (2.6) | 8 (4.4) | - |
Country of birth | ||||
Equatorial Guinea | 238 (63.8) | 78 (65.0) | 160 (63.2) | 0.851 |
Spain | 41 (11.0) | 9 (7.5) | 32 (12.6) | 0.138 |
Ghana | 8 (2.1) | 3 (2.5) | 5 (2.0) | 1.00 |
Nigeria | 61 (14.4) | 20 (16.7) | 41 (12.2) | 0.563 |
Mali | 5 (1.3) | 1 (0.8) | 4 (1.6) | 1.0 |
Other African countries | 15 | 6 | 9 | - |
Other European countries | 4 | 2 | 2 | - |
Americas | 1 | 1 | 0 | - |
History of prophylaxis | ||||
No | 241 (64.6) | 75 (62.5) | 166 (65.6) | 0.556 |
Yes, complete | 11 (4.3) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (2.9) | 0.020 |
Yes, incomplete | 33 (8.8) | 4 (3.3) | 29 (11.5) | 0.010 |
Migrant | 39 (10.5) | 20 (16.7) | 19 (7.5) | 0.007 |
No data | 49 (13.3) | 21 (17.5) | 28 (11.1) | 0.086 |
HIV serology test | < 0.001 | |||
Negative | 193 (51.7) | 45 (37.5) | 148 (58.5) | |
Positive | 46 (11.7) | 14 (11.7) | 32 (12.6) | |
No data | 134 (35.9) | 61 (50.8) | 73 (28.9) | |