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Table 4 Anti-malarials received

From: Treatment of uncomplicated malaria at public health facilities and medicine retailers in south-eastern Nigeria

 

Public

Medicine retailer

Total

 

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

P value

Anti-malarials received (all ages)

N = 466

N = 1176

N = 1642

 

% of patients (of all ages) that received:

    

   an anti-malarial

54.2 (44.1-63.9)

81.5 (76.2-85.8)

79.3 (74.5-83.4)

<0.001

   any ACT†

17.3 (9.0-30.5)

22.8 (17.2-29.7)

22.4 (17.0-28.8)

0.378

   Artemisinin monotherapy*

2.0 (0.8-5.2)

14.4 (11.4-18.0)

13.4 (10.6-16.7)

<0.001

   Amodiaquine

0.1 (0.00-1.0)

2.0 (0.9-4.6)

1.9 (0.8-4.2)

0.002

   Chloroquine

2.4 (0.5-10.6)

3.3 (2.0-5.4)

3.2 (2.0-5.2)

0.673

   Quinine

0

0.9 (0.3-2.2)

0.8 (0.3-2.0)

0.501

   SP

33.6 (20.9-49.1)

38.2 (31.8-45.1)

37.9 (31.8-44.3)

0.546

Anti-malarials received (children < 5 yrs only)

N = 193

N = 107

N = 300

 

% of children <5 years that received:

    

   an anti-malarial

33.2 (20.0-49.7)

80.2 (63.6-90.4)

67.1 (53.7-78.1)

0.001

   any ACT‡

21.3 (9.9-39.9)

31.6 (18.2-49.0)

28.7 (18.0-42.6)

0.329

   Artemisinin monotherapy*

2.0 (0.2-14.5)

10.2 (3.4-26.8)

7.9 (2.9-20.2)

0.110

   Amodiaquine

0.2 (0.0-3.0)

9.3 (2.3-30.6)

6.7 (1.6-23.8)

0.001

   Chloroquine

1.5 (0.7-3.2)

12.6 (4.2-32.1)

9.5 (3.5-23.5)

0.001

   Quinine

0

4.5 (0.6-26.8)

3.23 (0.5-20.2)

0.497

   SP

9.2 (3.7-21.0)

19.9 (8.5-40.0)

16.9 (8.1-32.0)

0.176

Type of ACT received

N = 105

N = 210

N = 315

 

% AL

96.5 (92.5-98.4)

40.2 (26.9-55.1)

43.6 (31.0-57.2)

<0.001

% ASAQ

3.0 (1.4-6.2)

28.5 (16.1-45.2)

26.9 (15.3-42.8)

<0.001

% DHAPQ

0

24.3 (15.1-36.5)

22.8 (14.3-34.3)

0.074

% ASMQ

0.5 (0.1-1.9)

4.1 (0.9-16.6)

3.9 (0.9-15.5)

0.019

% ASSP

0

2.9 (0.7-11.5)

2.8 (0.7-10.8)

0.648

  1. † At facilities with ACTs in stock 27.0% (20.4-34.7%) of patients at public facilities and 24.2% (17.9-31.9%) of patients at medicine retailers received an ACT
  2. ‡ At facilities with ACTs in stock 31.7% (22.0-43.4%) of children under five years at public facilities and 32.5% (18.0-51.3%) of children under five years at medicine retailers received an ACT
  3. * This was in tablet form at medicine retailers.