Table 2 Percentage of local perception of blood and blood-related diseases, stratified by people’s willingness or unwillingness of using an RDT for malaria
From: Willingness to use a rapid diagnostic test for malaria in a rural area of central Côte d’Ivoire
Local perception of blood | n (%) | χ2 | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Willing (n=34) | Unwilling (n=66) | |||
Blood is sacred body fluid | |||||
Yes | 54 (54.0) | 24 (44.4) | 30 (55.6) | ||
No | 46 (46.0) | 10 (21.7) | 36 (78.3) | 4.74 | 0.029 |
Blood keeps life in the body | |||||
No | 91 (91.0) | 29 (31.9) | 62 (68.1) | ||
Yes | 9 (9.0) | 5 (55.6) | 4 (44.4) | † | 0.267 |
Malaria is inside the blood | |||||
Yes | 44 (44.0) | 23 (52.3) | 21 (47.7) | ||
No | 42 (42.0) | 7 (16.7) | 35 (83.3) | ||
Don’t know | 14 (14.0) | 4 (28.6) | 10 (71.4) | † | 0.002 |
Know about malaria | |||||
Don’t know | 51 (51.0) | 15 (29.4) | 36 (70.6) | ||
Symptoms | 38 (38.0) | 10 (26.3) | 28 (73.7) | ||
Malaria test | 11 (11.0) | 9 (81.8) | 2 (18.2) | † | 0.002 |
Custom allows blood test | |||||
Yes | 86 (86.0) | 29 (33.7) | 57 (66.3) | ||
No | 11 (11.0) | 4 (36.4) | 7 (63.6) | ||
Don’t know | 3 (3.0) | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | † | 1.000 |
Religion allows blood test | |||||
Yes | 77 (77.0) | 26 (33.8) | 51 (66.2) | ||
Don’t know | 13 (13.0) | 4 (30.8) | 9 (69.2) | ||
No | 10 (10.0) | 4 (40.0) | 6 (60.0) | † | 0.873 |
Reason to have a blood examination performed or not | |||||
Care | 50 (50.0) | 22 (44.0) | 28 (56.0) | ||
HIV test | 34 (34.0) | 4 (11.8) | 30 (88.2) | ||
Fate of blood after test | 8 (8.0) | 2 (25.0) | 6 (75.0) | ||
No problem | 7 (7.0) | 6 (85.7) | 1 (14.3) | † | <0.001 |
Need to do blood test for a patient | |||||
Depends on disease | 59 (59.0) | 14 (23.7) | 45 (76.3) | ||
Yes | 19 (19.0) | 16 (84.2) | 3 (15.8) | ||
No | 13 (13.0) | 3 (23.1) | 10 (76.9) | ||
Don’t know | 8 (8.0) | 1 (12.5) | 7 (87.5) | † | <0.001 |
Need to do blood test for malaria patient | |||||
No | 65 (65.0) | 6 (9.2) | 59 (90.8) | ||
Yes | 33 (33.0) | 28 (84.8) | 5 (15.2) | ||
Don’t know | 2 (2.0) | 0 (0) | 2 (100) | † | <0.001 |
Justification to do blood testing by suspected malaria patients | |||||
Know malaria | 65 (65.0) | 6 (9.2) | 59 (90.8) | ||
Don’t know | 34 (34.0) | 28 (86.4) | 6 (13.6) | ||
Treated without test | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | † | <0.002 |