Table 5 |
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Self-help at home for MRI with and without convulsions |
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| Self help at home reported1 |
How reported2 |
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| Vignette with convulsion (n = 101) |
Vignette without convulsion (n = 100) |
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| Total |
Fraction Spont. |
Total |
Fraction Spont. |
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| Herbal & other local actions |
96.0 |
0.92 |
99.0 |
0.76** |
| Home-prepared herbal medications for drinking |
72.3 |
0.75 |
83.0 |
0.60 |
| Bathing with ordinary cold water (tepid sponging) |
67.3 |
0.34 |
70.0 |
0.34 |
| Home-prepared herbal medications for enema |
52.4 |
0.62 |
44.0 |
0.46* |
| Home-prepared herbal medications for bathing |
40.6 |
0.73 |
33.0 |
0.30* |
| Other actions (scarification etc) |
22.9 |
0.96 |
5.0 |
1.00** |
| Home-prepared herbal medications for other uses |
8.0 |
0.88 |
8.0 |
0.50 |
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| Modern pharmaceuticals |
52.5 |
0.34 |
92.0 |
0.60** |
| Drug/chemical shops to purchase drugs |
47.6 |
0.31 |
89.0 |
0.57** |
| Other leftover drugs at home |
7.7 |
0.26 |
9.0 |
0.33 |
| Leftover antimalarials at home |
1.0 |
1.00 |
7.0 |
0.86** |
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1 Self-help at home analysed as groups (in bold) based on reported categories that follow. *p ≤ 0.10 and ** p ≤ 0.05. Wilcoxon test for comparison of prominence of reported categories (2 = spontaneous, 1 = probed response, 0 = not reported). 2Column values indicate frequency of reported categories and the fraction of these reported spontaneously. |
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Ahorlu et al. Malaria Journal 2005 4:47 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-4-47 |
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