Table 5 Advice or treatment seeking behaviour of reported fever cases in past month
Indicator | iBCC N = 387 | niBCC N = 387 | Mc Nemar p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | 95 % CI | % | 95 % CI | ||
Household with any reported fever case in past month | 31.4 | 23.7–40.4 | 26.0 | 19.0–34.6 | 0.34 |
Sought any advice or treatment | N = 123 | N = 97 | |||
94.1 | 89.3–96.9 | 93.8 | 87.3–97.1 | 0.91 | |
When sought advice or treatment | N = 115 | N = 90 | |||
Same day | 32.4 | 22.7–43.9 | 13.4 | 8.1–21.3 | <0.01** |
1 day later | 44.7 | 34.8–55.0 | 46.0 | 35.4–56.9 | |
2 days later | 20.1 | 13.2–29.4 | 32.0 | 22.7– 3.1 | |
3 days or more later | 2.8 | 0.6–11.7 | 8.6 | 5.3–13.7 | |
Sought treatment within 24 h | 77.1 | 68.5–83.9 | 59.4 | 48.3–69.6 | <0.01** |
Had any test for malaria | N = 115 | N = 90 | |||
40.8 | 26.9–56.4 | 50.5 | 37.9–63.1 | 0.33 | |
Test type | N = 47 | N = 43 | |||
RDT/dipstick | 54.0 | 37.0–70.1 | 48.2 | 34.7–61.9 | |
Blood slide/microscopy | 34.4 | 16.9–57.6 | 38.0 | 23.5–54.9 | 0.88 |
Don’t know | 11.5 | 4.9–24.8 | 13.8 | 3.8–39.3 | |
Test result | N = 47 | N = 43 | |||
Positive | 27.9 | 12.8–50.3 | 24.5 | 8.4–53.5 | 0.82 |
Negative | 72.1 | 49.7–87.2 | 75.5 | 46.5–91.6 | |