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Table 3 Observations on using nets and attitude toward using nets in future among index cases and neighbors sleeping in at-risk sites of malaria, Phu Yen province, Vietnam, 2016

From: Targeting high risk forest goers for malaria elimination: a novel approach for investigating forest malaria to inform program intervention in Vietnam

Observation at investigation time

Index cases

(n = 110)

(n, %)

Neighbors

(n = 197)

(n, %)

Total

(n = 307)

(n, %)

POR

(95% CI)

Own bed-nets or hammock with a net

- Own untreated netsa

-Own treated netsa

57 (51.8)

33 (30.0)

94 (47.7)

80 (40.6)

151 (49.2)

113 (36.8)

1.18 (0.74, 1.88)

0.63 (0.38, 1.03)

Total of untreated nets in total huts

89

174

263

 

Number of huts had untreated nets (n = 180)

17/71 (23.9)

48/109 (44.0)

65/180 (36.1)

0.40 (0.20, 0.78)

Willing to use untreated nets at sleeping sites

40 (36.4)

81 (41.1)

121 (39.4)

0.82 (0.51, 1.32)

Total of treated nets in total huts

13

41

54

 

Number of huts had treated nets (n = 180)

4/71 (5.6)

15/109 (13.8)

19/180 (10.6)

0.38 (0.10, 1.13)

Willing to use treated nets at sleeping sites

10 (9.1)

30 (15.2)

40 (13.0)

0.56 (0.26, 1.19)

  1. POR prevalence odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. aMultiple responses possible