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Table 3 Knowledge of signs and symptoms of malaria among respondents from 2006 survey.

From: Community perceptions of malaria and malaria treatment behaviour in a rural district of Ghana: implications for artemisinin combination therapy

 

Household head

Household member

Caregiver

 

Urban

Rural

Urban

Rural

Urban

Rural

 

N = 361

N = 365

N = 38

N = 43

N = 121

N = 161

Symptom

%, (n, 95% CI)

%, (n, 95% CI)

%, (n, 95% CI)

%, (n, 95% CI)

%, (n, 95% CI)

%, (n, 95% CI)

Bodily Weakness

59.0 (213, 53.7 - 64.1)

62.5 (228, 57.3 - 67.5)

68.4 (26, 51.3 - 82.5)

62.8 (27, 46.7 - 77.0)

34.7 (42, 26.3 - 43.9)

31.1 (50, 24.0 - 38.8)

Hot body

46.8 (169, 41.6 - 52.1)

36.4 (133, 31.5 - 41.6)

50.0 (19, 33.3 - 66.6)

37.2 (16, 23.0 - 53.3)

82.6 (100, 74.7 - 88.9)

81.4 (131, 74.5 - 87.1)

Loss of appetite

44.3 (160, 39.1 - 49.6)

33.2 (121, 28.3 - 38.2)

50.0 (19, 33.3 - 66.6)

39.5 (17, 25.0 - 55.6)

30.6 (37, 22.5 - 39.6)

29.8 (48, 22.9 - 37.5)

Chills

40.4 (146, 35.3 - 45.7)

45.2 (165, 40.0 - 50.5)

44.7 (17, 28.6 - 61.7)

37.2 (16, 23.0 - 53.3)

21.5 (26, 14.5 - 29.9)

24.2 (39, 17.8 - 31.6)

Headache

37.1 (134, 32.1 - 42.3)

29.9 (109, 25.2 - 34.8)

36.8 (14, 21.8 - 54.0)

32.6 (14, 19.1 - 48.5)

15.7 (19, 9.7 - 23.4)

13.7 (22, 8.8 - 19.9)

Vomiting

19.7 (71, 15.7 - 24.1)

16.4 (60, 12.8 - 20.6)

15.8 (6, 6.0 - 31.2)

16.3 (7, 6.8 - 30.7)

42.2 (51, 33.2 - 51.4)

41.0 (66, 33.3 - 49.0)

Dizziness

18.8 (68, 14.9 - 23.2)

28.8 (105, 24.2 - 33.7)

13.2 (5, 4.4 - 28.1)

30.2 (13, 17.2 - 46.1)

6.6 (8, 2.9 - 12.6)

9.3 (15, 5.3 - 28.9)

Diarrhea

7.2 (26, 4.7 - 10.4)

8.5 (31, 5.8 - 11.8)

10.5 (4, 2.9 - 24.8)

9.3 (4, 2.6 - 22.1)

12.4 (15, 7.1 - 19.6)

21.7 (35, 15.6 - 28.9)

Cough

1.7 (6, 0.6 - 3.6)

1.5 (6, 0.6 - 3.5)

0.0 (0, -)

7.0 (3, 1.5 - 19.1)

3.3 (4, 0.9 - 8.2)

3.7 (6, 1.4 - 7.9)