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Table 4 Prevalence of malaria in children under-five before and after the intervention (Confirmed cases only)

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

  

−21.3*** (−31.7, −10.9)

  

−6.4 (−17.1, 4.1)

Yes

89 (53.6)

53 (32.3)

 

104 (62.6)

91 (56.2)

 

No

77 (46.4)

111 (67.7)

 

62 (37.3)

71 (43.8)

 

Total

166 (100.0)

164 (100.0)

 

166 (100.0)

162 (100.0)

 
  1. ***p < 0.001