Table 3 Knowledge, belief and practices about djèkouadjo among household heads in Zatta and Adibrobo, central Côte d'Ivoire
From: Social and cultural aspects of 'malaria' and its control in central Côte d'Ivoire
Variable | Total | Wealth quintiles | CI | SE | t-test (CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poorest (n = 47) | Very poor (n = 46) | Poor (n = 49) | Less poor (n = 44) | Least poor (n = 46) | |||||
Symptoms | |||||||||
Fever | 70 | 79 | 67 | 57 | 64 | 85 | 0.009 | 0.048 | 0.18 |
Loss of appetite | 48 | 45 | 50 | 44 | 48 | 54 | 0.028 | 0.019 | 1.51 |
Headache | 34 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 39 | 37 | 0.047 | 0.010 | 4.96* |
Yellow eyes | 32 | 28 | 28 | 33 | 39 | 35 | 0.061 | 0.013 | 4.68* |
Yellow urine | 28 | 30 | 24 | 33 | 30 | 26 | -0.005 | 0.024 | -0.21 |
Vomiting | 13 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 9 | -0.075 | 0.084 | -0.89 |
Perceived cause of malaria | |||||||||
Sun | 74 | 79 | 67 | 84 | 77 | 61 | -0.028 | 0.030 | -0.92 |
Mosquitoes | 65 | 47 | 67 | 53 | 68 | 89 | 0.105 | 0.043 | 2.44* |
God | 7 | 6 | 13 | 6. | 7 | 2. | -0.171 | 0.124 | -1.38 |
Sorcerer | 6 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | -0.241 | 0.205 | -1.17 |
Ancestor | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2. | 3 | 0 | -0.263 | 0.198 | -1.33 |
Modern treatment | |||||||||
Pill | 91 | 86 | 88 | 100 | 93 | 85 | 0.004 | 0.018 | 0.24 |
Injection | 45 | 57 | 47 | 38 | 31 | 45 | -0.073 | 0.045 | -1.63 |
Perfusion | 7 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0.063 | 0.213 | 0.29 |
Drinking solution | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0.069 | 0.229 | 0.30 |
Modern prevention | |||||||||
Insecticide spray | 39 | 20 | 37 | 33 | 50 | 58 | 0.183 | 0.056 | 3.29* |
Bed net | 16 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 30 | 0.324 | 0.048 | 6.80* |
Fumigating coil | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | -0.154 | 0.071 | -2.17* |
Traditional treatment | |||||||||
Herbal tea | 48 | 55 | 54 | 41 | 57 | 35 | -0.064 | 0.044 | -1.48 |
Enema | 31 | 23 | 35 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 0.040 | 0.040 | 1.02 |
Washings | 8. | 9 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 0.153 | 0.156 | 0.99 |
Traditional prevention | |||||||||
Herbal tea | 43 | 41 | 64 | 40 | 50 | 13 | -0.136 | 0.122 | -1.12 |
Enema | 41 | 41 | 36 | 40 | 20 | 75 | 0.0960 | 0.111 | 0.87 |
Does not know | 17 | 18 | 9. | 30 | 30 | 0 | -0.0650 | 0.2113 | -0.31 |
Avoidance of modern medicine | |||||||||
High cost | 61 | 61 | 67 | 62 | 61 | 58 | -0.015 | 0.011 | -1.30 |
Treatment inefficient | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 11 | -0.017 | 0.061 | -0.27 |
Unfriendly staff | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | -0.021 | 0.029 | -0.74 |
Avoidance of traditional medicine | |||||||||
Lengthy healing process | 17 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 24 | 0.016 | 0.082 | 0.20 |
High cost | 6. | 4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | -0.021 | 0.086 | -0.25 |
Treatment inefficient | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0.003 | 0.241 | 0.01 |
Does not know | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.797 | 0.180 | -4.44 |
Actions against mosquitoes | |||||||||
Removal of vegetation | 60 | 52 | 65 | 49 | 61 | 71 | 0.045 | 0.030 | 1.54 |
Removal of stagnant water | 46 | 44 | 47 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 0.051 | 0.033 | 1.55 |
Insecticide spray | 24 | 13 | 30 | 16 | 36 | 24 | 0.096 | 0.082 | 1.16 |
Bush fire | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0.008 | 0.060 | 0.13 |