Table 3 Attitudes of febrile patients enrolled in the study toward management and treatment of malaria infection
Variables | Category | Number (n =150) | Percentage % |
|---|---|---|---|
Time to get to the hospital after appearance of the first symptoms | Same day | 0 | 0.0 |
Three days | 0 | 0.0 | |
Seven days | 110 | 73.3 | |
Thirty days | 40 | 26.7 | |
Take treatment from | Health center | 27 | 18.0 |
Pharmacy | 17 | 11.3 | |
Herbalist | 29 | 19.4 | |
Auto-medication | 77 | 51.3 | |
Type of malaria drug | ACT | 91 | 60.7 |
Quinine | 30 | 20.0 | |
Traditional medication | 29 | 19.3 |