Outpatient prevention counseling for malaria in northwest Nigeria: A single-centre descriptive cross-sectional study
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
;
(12): 214-220, 2020.
Artigo
em Chinês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-951160
ABSTRACT
To assess the proportion of caregivers of children and patients who received malaria prevention counseling from their healthcare provider at the time of outpatient malaria treatment. Methods:
This was a descriptive cross-sectional study involving 353 randomly selected adult patients and caregivers of children attending the general and paediatric outpatient clinics of a Nigerian hospital. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect data on participants' sociodemographics and last malaria-episode characteristics. Chi square test and logistic regression analysis were used to determine factors associated with and predictors of receiving malaria-prevention counseling, respectively.Results:
The mean age of the respondents was (33.6±9.6) years; they were predominantly females (257, 72.8%). Most had at least secondary-level education (304, 86.1%); the family size was mostly 1-6 persons in 202 (57.2%) respondents. They were treated mostly by doctors 256 (72.5%), but only 132 (37.4%) received malaria prevention counseling. Educational-level (χ
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Chinês
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Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
Ano de publicação:
2020
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