Table 3 Knowledge scores by signs, symptoms, and prevention of malaria in children
A. Signs and symptoms of malaria fever in children | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Experimental group | Control group | |||||||
Pre-interventionn = 200 (%) | Post-interventionn = 190 (%) | Degree of change (%) | P value | Pre-interventionn = 200 (%) | Post-interventionn = 180 (%) | Degree of change (%) | P value | |
Good | 11 (5.5) | 116 (61.1) | 55.6 | <0.001 | 9 (4.5) | 9 (5.0) | 0.5 | 0.66 |
Fair | 150 (75.0) | 56 (29.5) | -45.4 | 166 (83.0) | 143 (79.5) | -3.8 | ||
Poor | 39 (19.5) | 28 (9.4) | -10.3 | 25 (12.5) | 28 (15.5) | 3.3 | ||
Total | ||||||||
B. Knowledge of signs and symptoms of malaria that will need referral (danger signs) | ||||||||
Experimental group | Control group | |||||||
Pre-intervention n = 200 (%) | Post-intervention n = 190 (%) | Degree of change (%) | P value | Pre-intervention n = 200 (%) | Post-intervention n = 180 (%) | Degree of change (%) | P value | |
Good | 6 (3.0) | 106 (55.8) | 52.8 | <0.001 | 6 (3.0) | 5 (2.8) | 0.2 | 0.93 |
Fair | 114 (57.0) | 70 (36.8) | -20.2 | 132 (66.0) | 116 (65.5) | -0.5 | ||
Poor | 80 (40.0) | 14 (7.4) | -32.6 | 62 (31.0) | 59 (31.7) | -0.7 | ||
Total | ||||||||
C. Knowledge of prevention of malaria in children | ||||||||
Experimental group | Control group | |||||||
Pre-intervention n = 200 (%) | Post-intervention n =190 (%) | Degree of change (%) | P value | Pre-intervention n = 200 (%) | Post-intervention n = 180 (%) | Degree of change (%) | P value | |
Good | 6 (3.0) | 98 (51.6) | 48.6 | <0.001 | 4 (2.0) | 4 (2.2) | 0.0 | 0.72 |
Fair | 12 (6.0) | 65 (34.2) | 28.2 | 44 (22.0) | 46 (25.6) | 3.5 | ||
Poor | 182 (91.0) | 27 (14.2) | -77.2 | 151 (75.5) | 130 (72.2) | -3.5 | ||