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Table 2 Key indicators for help seeking and access to malaria treatment in individuals with fever in the preceding two weeks

From: Obstacles to prompt and effective malaria treatment lead to low community-coverage in two rural districts of Tanzania

Indicator

Children

(N = 80)

Adults

(N = 57)

P*

 

n

% (95% CI)

TDHS2

n

% (95% CI)

 

Episodes treated

80

100 (95.5–100)

 

57

100 (93.7–100)

 

Medications and dosaging: 1

Modern medicine

80

100 (95.5–100)

 

56

98.3 (90.6–100)

0.416∞

Antimalarial drug (AM)

71

88.8 (79.7–94.7)

58.2 (88.6)

47

82.5 (70.1–91.3)

0.293§

- SP

38

47.5 (36.2–59.0)

23.7 (33.8)

25

43.9 (30.7–57.6)

0.673§

- SP correctly dosed

13

16.25 (8.9–26.2)

 

18

31.6 (19.9–45.2)

0.035 §

- amodiaquine

10

12.5 (6.2–21.8)

22.1 (29.3)

5

8.8 (2.9–19.3)

0.491§

- amodiaquine correctly dosed

5

6.3 (2.1–14.0)

 

3

5.3 (1.1–14.6)

1.000∞

- quinine

43

53.8 (42.2–65.0)

11.9 (23.5)

23

40.4 (27.6–54.2)

0.122§

- other AM

2

2.5 (0.3–8.7)

 

1

1.8 (0.0–9.4)

1.000∞

Antipyretic only

9

11.3 (5.3–20.3)

 

9

15.8 (7.5–27.9)

0.438§

Antibiotic

8

10.0 (4.4–18.8)

 

2

3.5 (0.4–12.1)

0.194∞

Treatment sources: 1

Health facility visit

61

76.3 (65.4–85.1)

 

32

56.1 (42.4–69.3)

0.013 §

AM from health facility

43

53.8 (42.2–65.0)

 

17

29.8 (18.4–43.4)

0.005 §

AM not from health facility

28

35.0 (24.7–46.5)

 

30

52.6 (39.0–66.0)

0.040 §

AM from drug store

19

23.8 (15.0–34.6)

 

26

45.6 (32.4–59.3)

0.007 §

AM from general shop

8

10.0 (4.4–18.8)

 

4

7.0 (2.0–17.0)

0.761∞

AM from home stock (or relative/neighbour)

10

12.5 (6.2–21.8)

 

6

10.5 (4.0–21.5)

0.723§

Exclusive home-management with AM3

14

17.5 (9.9–27.6)

 

18

31.6 (19.9–45.2)

0.055§

  1. 1One episode may be treated with several drugs from various sources; 2Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey 2004–05 (data for Morogoro Region in brackets); 3Episodes never brought to a health facility; * comparison of children and adults; ∞Fisher's exact test; §Chi-square test