Table 2

Treatment-seeking behaviour for febrile episoded in pre-school children from Equatorial Guinea in 2004 (N = 256)

Total

Rural

Urban

Characteristics

Frequency*

se

Frequency*

se

Frequency*

se

P

Looked for help in Health facility

Hospital, health centre, private clinic

30,5

4,1

36,5

6,2

24,7

5,3

0,21

Looked for help in other places

Pharmacy, market, witch doctor, family and others

26,7

4,5

17

3,8

36,2

7,3

0,02

Mean time to seeking first treatment after fever onset

Same day

22,8

3,9

20

3,7

25,6

6,8

Next day

15,9

3

14,8

4,3

16,9

4,2

After two or more days

15,4

2,6

20

3,1

11

4,3

0,15

Didn't seek treatment

45,3

4,6

45,2

4,6

46,4

6

Treated with antimalaric drugs

41,8

3,6

44,2

4,3

39,5

5,6

0,60

Other kind of treatment

82,5

2,3

86,7

3

78,5

5,3

0,58

*Frequencies are weighted and calculated according to the complex design taking into account clustering and stratification.

Custodio et al. Malaria Journal 2009 8:225   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-225