Table 1 |
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Baseline characteristics |
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| Intervention arm (N = 1021) |
Control arm (N = 1034) |
P |
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| Mean age of the caregivers (mean ± SD; range) |
24.3 ± 6.3 (17; 52) |
23.6 ± 5.8 (18; 45) |
0.14 |
| Number of children less than five years (mean ± SD; range) |
1.5 ± 0.01 (1; 3) |
1.4 ± 0.01 (1; 3) |
0.21 |
| Knowledge of malaria transmission |
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| Mosquitoes |
282 (27.6%) |
291 (28.1%) |
0.79 |
| Others (rain, sun) |
138 (13.5%) |
112 (10.8%) |
0.06 |
| Health care-seeking behaviour (first option for treating malaria episodes) |
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| Use of health facility |
289 (28.3%) |
278 (26.9%) |
0.45 |
| Self-treatment |
732 (71.7%) |
758 (73.3%) |
0.45 |
| Children malaria symptoms mentioned by the caregivers |
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| Hot body |
748 (73.3%) |
752 (72.7%) |
0.78 |
| Crying more than usual |
161 (15.8%) |
186 (18.0%) |
0.18 |
| Yellowish vomiting |
358 (35.1%) |
385 (37.2%) |
0.30 |
| Anorexia |
229 (22.4%) |
190 (18.4%) |
0.02 |
| Others |
39 (3.8%) |
43 (4.2%) |
0.69 |
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Tiono et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:201 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-201 |
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