Table 4 Descriptive statistics of clinical malaria cases treatment seeking method
Items | Category | Enrolment | Treatment seeking method | χ2-value | p-value | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Public hospital | Private hospital | Drug shop | Traditional medication | Do nothing | |||||||||||
Subjects |  | Fever†N (%) | Pos.‡ n (%) | Fever†N (%) | Pos.‡ (%) | Fever†n (%) | Pos.‡ | Fever†n (%) | Pos.‡ | Fever†n (%) | Pos.‡ | Fever†n (%) | Pos.‡ | ||
Overall | N | 2205 | 850 (38.5) | 275 (12.5) | 115 (41.8) | 91 (4.1) | 15 (16.5) | 688 (31.2) | 248 (38.1) | 77 (3.5) | 28 (45.5) | 1074 (48.7) | 387 (39.4) | 21.875 |  < 0.0001 |
Zones | Lakeshore | 811 (36.8) | 374 (46.1) | 97 (12.0) | 60 (61.9) | 44 (5.4) | 10 (22.7) | 146 (18.0) | 75 (51.4) | 16 (2.0) | 8 (50.0) | 508 (62.6) | 221 (43.5) | 22.471 |  < 0.0001 |
Hillside | 691 (31.3) | 266 (38.5) | 88 (12.7) | 21 (23.9) | 36 (5.2) | 3 (8.3) | 263 (38.1) | 107 (40.7) | 45 (6.5) | 23 (51.1) | 259 (37.5) | 112 (43.2) | 27.813 |  < 0.0001 | |
Plateau | 703 (31.9) | 210 (29.9) | 90 (12.8) | 34 (37.8) | 11 (1.6) | 2 (18.2) | 279 (39.7) | 80 (28.7) | 16 (2.3) | 4 (25.0) | 307 (43.7) | 90 (29.3) | 3.821 | 0.431 | |
Sex | Male | 857 (38.9) | 353 (41.2) | 129 (15.1) | 51 (39.5) | 37 (4.3) | 7 (18.9) | 266 (31.0) | 114 (42.9) | 24 (2.8) | 8 (33.3) | 401 (46.8) | 173 (43.1) | 9.270 | 0.055 |
Female | 1348 (61.1) | 497 (36.9) | 146 (10.8) | 64 (43.8) | 54 (4.0) | 8 (14.8) | 422 (31.3) | 148 (35.1) | 53 (3.9) | 27 (50.9) | 673 (49.9) | 250 (37.1) | 19.447 | 0.001 | |
Age |  < 5 | 345 (15.7) | 159 (46.1) | 48 (13.9) | 23 (47.9) | 13 (3.8) | 4 (30.8) | 106 (30.7) | 57 (53.8) | 15 (4.3) | 3 (20.9) | 163 (47.2) | 72 (44.2) | 8.612 | 0.086 |
5 ~ 14 | 802 (36.3) | 372 (46.4) | 112 (14.0) | 58 (51.8) | 35 (4.4) | 4 (11.4) | 232 (28.9) | 102 (44.0) | 23 (2.9) | 14 (60.9) | 400 (49.9) | 194 (48.5) | 21.717 |  < 0.0001 | |
 ≥ 15 | 1058 (48.0) | 319 (30.1) | 115 (10.9) | 34 (29.6) | 43 (4.1) | 7 (16.3) | 350 (33.1) | 103 (29.4) | 39 (3.7) | 18 (46.2) | 511 (48.3) | 157 (30.7) | 8.856 | 0.065 | |
Temperature |  < 37.5 °C | 1833 (83.1) | 601(32.8) | 214 (11.7) | 65 (30.4) | 78 (4.3) | 10 (12.8) | 591 (32.2) | 201 (34.0) | 67 (3.7) | 29 (87.0) | 883 (48.2) | 296 (33.5) | 18.643 | 0.001 |
 ≥ 37.5 °C | 372 (16.9) | 249 (66.9) | 61 (16.4) | 50 (82.0) | 13 (3.5) | 5 (38.5) | 97 (26.1) | 61 (62.9) | 10 (2.7) | 6 (13.0) | 191 (51.3) | 127 (66.5) | 11.943 | 0.018 | |
Bednet Usage | Yes | 1987 (90.1) | 770 (38.8) | 253 (12.7) | 111 (43.9) | 78 (3.9) | 15 (19.2) | 610 (30.0) | 232 (38.0) | 75 (3.8) | 33 (44.0) | 971 (48.9) | 379 (39.0) | 16.355 | 0.003 |
No | 218 (9.9) | 80 (36.7) | 22 (10.1) | 4 (18.2) | 13 (6.0) | 0 | 78 (35.8) | 30 (38.5) | 2 (0.9) | 2 (100) | 103 (47.2) | 44 (42.7) | 15.945 | 0.003 | |