Table 1 Treatment-seeking patterns among survey households.
From: Barriers to prompt and effective malaria treatment among the poorest population in Kenya
Variable | Number (%) among children under five and the rest of the population | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | < 5 years | > 5 years | Total |
Individuals reporting fever in the last 2 weeks | 241 (33.1) | 833 (23.9) | 1074 (25.5) |
Any action taken to treat fever | Â | Â | Â |
   • Yes | 246 (91.5) | 776 (90.6) | 1022 (90.8) |
   • No | 23 (8.6) | 81 (9.5) | 104 (9.2) |
Time taken before taking first treatment action | Â | Â | Â |
• < = 2days | 191 (86.0) | 636 (83.3) | 827 (83.9) |
• > = 3 days | 31 (14.0) | 124 (16.2) | 155 (15.7) |
• Don't know | 4 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 4 (0.41) |
Distribution of actions taken in response to illness | Â | Â | Â |
• Self treatment |  |  |  |
   ◦ Drugs from shops | 146 (31.9) | 534 (35.9) | 388 (37.7) |
   ◦ Drugs from chemists | 70 (15.3) | 175 (17.0) | 245 (16.5) |
   ◦ Herbs | 25 (5.5) | 76 (7.4) | 101 (6.8) |
• Public health facility | 134 (29.3) | 197 (19.2) | 331 (22.2) |
• Private health facility | 23 (5) | 59 (5.8) | 82 (5.5) |
• Faith based facility | 18 (3.9) | 30 (2.9) | 48 (3.2) |
• Mobile clinic | 26 (5.7) | 78 (7.6) | 104 (7.0) |
• Other | 15 (3.3) | 28 (2.7) | 43 (2.9) |
Reasons for not seeking treatment | Â | Â | Â |
• Lack of money | 13 (56.5) | 51(63.0) | 64 (61.5) |
• Illness not serious | 11 (47.8) | 32 (39.5) | 43 (41.3) |
• Other | 3 (13.0) | 12 (14.8) | 15 (14.4) |