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Table 2 Proportion of health workers who thought SP was appropriate treatment for uncomplicated malaria, year 2002

From: Do health workers’ preferences influence their practices? Assessment of providers’ attitude and personal use of new treatment recommendations for management of uncomplicated malaria, Tanzania

Character variable

Category (N=254)

Children<5 n (%)

p-value

Older children/ adults n (%)

p-value

Pregnant women n (%)

p-value

  

SP: n=112 (44.1)

*Other drug: n=139 (54.7)

DK/ Missing: n=3 (1.2)

 

SP: n=173 (68)

*Other drug: n=79 (31.1)

DK/ Missing: n=2 (0.8)

 

SP: n=131 (51.6)

*Other drug: n=116 (45.7)

DK/ Missing: n=7 (2.7)

 

District

Morogoro (73)

33 (45.2)

39 (53.4)

1 (1.3)

0.662

48 (65.8)

25 (34.2)

-

0.085

27 (36.9)

44 (60.3)

2 (2.7)

0.032

Rufiji (85)

38 (44.7)

45 (52.9)

2 (2.3)

 

64 (75.3)

19 (22.4)

2 (2.3)

 

53 (62.4)

30 (35.3)

2 (2.3)

 

K/Ulanga (96)

41 (42.7)

55 (57.3)

-

 

61 (63.5)

35 (36.5)

-

 

51 (53.1)

42 (43.7)

3 (3.1)

 

Health facility type

Hospitals (93)

39 (34.5)

53 (64.3)

1 (1.2)

<0.001

103 (60.2)

66 (38.6)

2 (1.2)

72 (42.1)

0.049

92 (53.8)

7 (4.1)

<0.001

Health Centers (45)

27 (60.0)

17 (37.8)

1 (2.2)

 

37 (82.2)

8 (17.8)

-

 

31 (68.9)

14 (31.1)

-

 

Dispensaries (38)

26 (68.4)

12 (31.6)

-

 

33 (86.8)

5 (13.2)

-

 

28 (73.7)

10 (26.3)

-

 

HF ownership

Public (176)

92 (52.3)

82 (46.6)

2 (1.1)

<0.001

126 (71.6)

49 (27.8)

1 (0.6)

0.189

113 (64.2)

59 (33.5)

4 (2.3)

<0.001

Non-public (78)

20 (25.6)

57 (73.1)

1 (1.3)

 

47 (60.3)

30 (38.5)

1 (1.3)

 

18 (23.1)

57 (73.1)

3 (3.8)

 

Cadre of health worker

Physicians (6)

0

6 (100)

-

<0.001

5 (83.3)

1(16.7)

-

0.01

-

6 (100)

-

0.007

Clinical Officers (51)

22 (43.1)

29 (56.9)

-

 

38 (74.5)

13 (25.5)

-

 

24 (47.1)

27 (52.9)

-

 

Trained nurses (70)

25 (35.7)

45 (64.3)

-

 

43 (61.4)

27 (38.6)

-

 

30 (42.9)

38 (54.3)

2 (2.8)

 

Other nurses (118)

63 (53.4)

54 (45.8)

1 (0.8)

 

84 (71.2)

33 (27.9)

1 (0.9)

 

74 (62.7)

40 (33.9)

4 (3.4)

 
 

Other cadres (9)

2 (22.2)

5 (55.6)

2 (22.2)

 

3 (33.3)

5 (55.6)

1 (1.1)

 

3 (33.3)

5 (55.6)

1 (11.1)

 
  1. *Other drugs includes: Chloroquine, Amodiaquine, Artemisinins, Quinine or any combination of these P-value: Chi squared test.