Table 3

Reported symptoms and single most troubling symptom of MRI with and without convulsions
Categories of distress reported1
 Reported spontaneously and probed2
 Most troubling


With Convulsion (n = 101)
 Without convulsion (n = 100)
 With Convulsion (n = 101)
 Without convulsion (n = 100)




Total (%)
 Fraction Spont.
 Total (%)
 Fraction Spont.

Convulsions related symptoms
 98.3
 0.72
 64.0
 0.05**
 67.3
 6.0**
Unconscious
 86.2
 0.39
 18.0
 0.06**
 26.7
 2.0**
Stiffness
 x
 x
 0.0
 0.00
 21.8
 0.0**
Easily startled/frightened
 76.3
 0.32
 59.0
 0.03**
 7.9
 3.0
Rolling the eye balls
 x
 x
 0.0
 0.00
 5.9
 0.0**
Biting the lips
 42.5
 0.17
 0.0
 0.00**
 2.0
 0.0
Foaming mouth
 55.4
 0.31
 0.0
 0.00**
 2.0
 0.0
Folded arms
 52.5
 0.64
 0.0
 0.00**
 1.0
 0.0
Shaking
 x
 x
 0.0
 0.00
 0.0
 1.0
Fever related symptoms
 37.6
 0.55
 98.0
 0.79**
 9.9
 34.0**
Hot bodies
 x
 x
 x
 x
 6.9
 11.0
Sweating
 14.0
 0.14
 55.0
 0.06
 1.0
 0.0
Yellowish eyes
 28.8
 0.65
 97.0
 0.78**
 1.0
 18.0**
Yellowish urine
 x
 x
 x
 X
 1.0
 4.0
Chills and Rigors
 x
 x
 x
 X
 0.0
 1.0
Non specific symptoms
 93.1
 0.52
 99.0
 0.66**
 20.8
 56.0**
Weakness
 72.3
 0.52
 86.0
 0.51*
 11.9
 15.0
Breathlessness
 51.4
 0.14
 29.0
 0.07**
 5.9
 1.0
Refusal of food
 x
 x
 x
 X
 1.0
 16.0**
Weight loss
 35.5
 0.14
 63.0
 0.25**
 1.0
 12.0
Diarrhoea
 0.0
 0.00
 33.0
 0.06**
 1.0
 0.0
Vomiting
 x
 x
 x
 X
 0.0
 7.0**
Paleness
 44.5
 0.20
 74.0
 0.23**
 0.0
 4.0
Sleepiness
 0.0
 0.00
 12.0
 0.25**
 0.0
 1.0
Bitterness in the mouth
 0.0
 0.00
 33.0
 0.61**
 0.0
 0.0
Joint and bodily pains
 16.0
 0.25
 36.0
 0.22**
 0.0
 0.0
Crying
 x
 x
 x
 x
 0.0
 0.0

1 Symptoms analysed as groups (in bold) based on reported categories that follow.

*p ≤ 0.10, ** p ≤ 0.05. Wilcoxon test for comparison of prominence of reported categories (2 = spontaneous, 1 = probed response, 0 = not reported), and Fisher's exact test for most troubling symptoms.

2Column values indicate frequency of reported categories and the fraction of these reported spontaneously. Column values marked by "x" indicate categories specified in the vignettes.

Ahorlu et al. Malaria Journal 2005 4:47   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-4-47