Table 3 |
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Acceptability assessments (n = 552) |
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N (%) |
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Were the instructions (drawings) in the AL pack useful? |
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Yes |
507 (91.8) |
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No |
34 (6.2) |
|
Don't know |
11 (2.0) |
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Was the clustering of AL doses useful to remember how to take the drug? |
|
|
Helpful |
552 (100) |
|
Confusing |
0 (0) |
|
Not important |
0 (0) |
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|
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How do you or your child feel now? |
|
|
Very unwell |
6 (1.1) |
|
Unwell |
5 (0.9) |
|
Moderately unwell |
3 (0.6) |
|
Moderately well |
47 (8.5) |
|
Well |
486 (88.0) |
|
Perfectly well |
9 (0.9) |
|
|
|
|
How do you find AL to administer/take? |
|
|
Easier to take than SP |
481 (87.1) |
|
Less easy than SP |
2 (0.4) |
|
Same as SP |
32 (5.8) |
|
Don't know |
37 (6.7) |
|
|
|
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Do you find that AL works? |
|
|
Yes |
549 (99.5) |
|
Better than SP |
484 (87.7) |
|
Same as SP |
32 (5.8) |
|
Don't know |
35 (6.5) |
|
No |
3 (0.6) |
|
|
|
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Would you or your child prefer to have anything else than AL for this particular illness? |
|
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No |
495 (89.7) |
|
Yes |
57 (10.3) |
|
No specific choice |
21/57(36.8) |
|
Antibiotics |
1/57 (1.8) |
|
Analgesics/antipyretics |
2/57 (3.5) |
|
Quinine injection |
31/57 (54.4) |
|
Herbs from traditional healer |
2/57 (3.5) |
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Kabanywanyi et al. Malaria Journal 2010 9:48 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-9-48 |
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