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Table 4 Home remedy for malaria treatment

From: The effect of health education intervention on the home management of malaria among the caregivers of children aged under 5 years in Ogun State, Nigeria

 

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

Malact

150 (75.0)

172 (90.5)

15.4

<0.001

140 (70.0)

71.5

1.2

0.81

Paracetamol

68 (34.0)

170 (89.5)

55.3

< 0.001

70 (35.0)

36.3

1.2

0.81

Chloroquine

30 (15.0)

0 (0.0)

-15.4

< 0.001

40 (20.0)

21.2

1.2

0.81

Tepid sponging

78 (39.0)

160 (84.2)

45.0

< 0.001

74 (37.0)

37.8

0.3

0.96

Herbal Medicine

20 (10.0)

13 (6.8)

-3.2%

0.65

22 (11.0)

11.9

0.8%

0.89

Other drugs

16 (8.0)

15 (7.9)

-0.1%

0.99

18 (9.2)

10.1

0.9

0.88