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Mothers' response to fever (n = 96 unless indicated) |
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| Variables |
Frequency (%) |
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| Mothers recognized fever as "hot body" or "hot body with others symptoms or signs" |
68 (70.8%) |
| Mothers defined malaria as "fever or fever with other symptoms or signs" |
84 (87.5%) |
| Mothers blamed malaria for the child current fever |
38 (40.0%) |
| Mothers believed that the common cause of fever in the area is malaria |
76 (79.2%) |
| Mothers seeking advice from any source before coming to health facilities |
58 (60.4%) |
| Mothers give the child any sort of care before coming to health facilities |
49 (51.0%) |
| The care given to the child was drugs (n = 49) |
44 (89.8%) |
| Village is the source of the care given (n = 49) |
43 (87.8%) |
| Duration (in hours) of response from the initiation of fever (Mean ± SD) |
67.8 ± 41.3 |
| Mothers now in this facility because child condition deteriorated |
93 (96.9%) |
| Decision for coming here was the decision of: |
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| • Mother |
41 (42.7%) |
| • Father |
17 (17.7%) |
| • Mother/father |
33 (34.4%) |
| • Others |
05 (05.2%) |
Malik et al. Malaria Journal 2006 5:60 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-5-60 |
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