Treatment-seeking behaviour for childhood fever among caretakers of Chivuna and Magoye rural communities of Mazabuka District, Zambia: a longitudinal study

Table 1 Characteristics of participants sorted according to health-seeking behaviour

Factors	% (95 % CI)	P-value
Factors	Fever (n = 362)	P-value
Home treatment with medicine
Yes	41 (36, 46)	<0.0001^b
No	59 (54, 64)	<0.0001^b
External advice or treatment
Yes	77 (73, 82)	<0.0001^b
No	23 (18, 27)	<0.0001^b
Source of treatment for fever^a
Health facility	64 (58, 70)	<0.0001^aHC/O
Community Health Worker	18 (13, 23)
Other sources	18 (14, 23)

N number of children with at least one fever of episode. ^aPercentages worked on less numbers from the overall due to missing values. ^bOne- sample test of proportions. ^aHC/OOne-sample test of proportions of either Health Facility and Community Health Workers or Health Facility and Other sources

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