From: Psychosocial factors associated with malaria care-seeking in rural Ethiopia
Care-seeking ideational factors | Total (N = 479) | No care (N = 153) | Delayed care (N = 112) | Prompt care (n = 214) | P value | ||||
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No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | ||
Ever heard of malaria | 453 | 95 | 145 | 95 | 106 | 95 | 202 | 94 | 0.952 |
Knowledge of malaria symptoms | 250 | 52 | 76 | 49 | 56 | 50 | 118 | 55 | 0.637 |
Knowledge of malaria cause | 286 | 60 | 85 | 56 | 63 | 56 | 138 | 64 | 0.327 |
Knowledge of malaria prevention measures | 115 | 24 | 35 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 56 | 26 | 0.745 |
Perceived self-efficacy for prompt care-seeking | 415 | 87 | 120 | 79 | 90 | 80 | 205 | 96 | < 0.001 |
Perceived self-efficacy for malaria prevention | 370 | 77 | 112 | 73 | 88 | 78 | 170 | 79 | 0.527 |
Perceived response efficacy of prompt care seeking | 462 | 96 | 146 | 96 | 106 | 95 | 209 | 98 | 0.514 |
Perceived response efficacy of malaria prevention | 423 | 88 | 124 | 82 | 102 | 91 | 196 | 92 | 0.020 |
Positive attitudes toward prompt care-seeking | 432 | 90 | 128 | 84 | 97 | 87 | 208 | 97 | 0.001 |
Involvement in decision making | 333 | 70 | 110 | 72 | 63 | 56 | 160 | 74 | 0.016 |
Social support in household | 211 | 44 | 69 | 45 | 46 | 41 | 97 | 45 | 0.797 |
Perceived equitable gender norms | 68 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 44 | 20 | 0.010 |
Overall high care-seeking Ideation | 210 | 44 | 54 | 35 | 39 | 35 | 117 | 55 | 0.002 |