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Table 3 Prevalence of malaria in children under-five before and after the intervention (confirmed and presumptive cases)

From: Mobile phone short message service (SMS) as a malaria control tool: a quasi-experimental study

Indicator

Intervention (Agogo)

Control (Juansa)

Baseline n (%)

Endline n (%)

Difference (95% CI)

Baseline n (%)

Endline n (%)

Difference (95% CI)

Malaria

  

-20.6** (−32.6, −11.6)

  

−5.1 (− 15.5, 5.4)

Yes

97 (58.4)

62 (37.8)

 

108 (65.0)

97 (59.9)

 

No

69 (41.6)

102 (62.2)

 

58 (34.9)

65 (40.1)

 

Total

166 (100.0)

164 (100.0)

 

166 (100.0)

162 (100.0)

 
  1. **p < 0.001