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Table 3 Awareness of RDTs among respondents

From: Examining appropriate diagnosis and treatment of malaria: availability and use of rapid diagnostic tests and artemisinin-based combination therapy in public and private health facilities in south east Nigeria

Awareness of RDT

N (%)

Cadre of health worker

 

Doctors (n = 23)

18 (78.3)

Nurses (n = 12)

3 (25.0)

CHEW/CHO (n = 22)

10 (45.5)

Laboratory technologists (n = 17)

14 (82.4)

Chi-square

14.88

P-value

0.001

Location

 

Urban (n = 50)

34 (68.0)

Rural (n = 24)

11 (45.8)

Chi-square

3.34

P-value

0.067

Source of Information (n = 45)

 

Journal

8 (17.8)

Conference

13 (28.9)

Co-worker

18 (40)

Others

6 (13.3)

By facility

 

Public (n = 36)

26 (72.2)

Private (n = 38)

19 (50.0)

Chi-square

3.83

P-value

0.05