Table 3 Response percentage of local beliefs of RDTs for malaria, stratified by RDTs acceptance
From: Willingness to use a rapid diagnostic test for malaria in a rural area of central Côte d’Ivoire
RDTs representation | n (%) | χ2 | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Willing (n=34) | Unwilling (n=66) | |||
Opinions on RDTs | |||||
Useful | 42 (42.0) | 8 (19.0) | 34 (81.0) | ||
Dangerous | 25 (25.0) | 2 (8.0) | 23 (92.0) | ||
Not useful | 22 (22.0) | 19 (86.4) | 3 (13.6) | ||
Good | 6 (6.0) | 5 (83.3) | 1 (16.7) | ||
Not good | 5 (5.0) | 0 (0) | 5 (100) | † | <0.001 |
RDT utility | |||||
No | 67 (67.0) | 10 (14.9) | 57 (85.1) | ||
Yes | 33 (33.0) | 24 (72.7) | 9 (27.3) | 30.39 | <0.001 |
Reason to have a blood test made | |||||
Don’t know | 39 (39.0) | 2 (5.1) | 37 (94.9) | ||
Feeling unwell | 36 (36.0) | 8 (22.2) | 28 (77.8) | ||
Free of charge | 25 (25.0) | 24 (96.0) | 1 (4.0) | † | <0.001 |
Fear of malaria test | |||||
Test results | 45 (45.0) | 18 (40.0) | 27 (60.0) | ||
Needle | 28 (28.0) | 4 (14.3) | 24 (85.7) | ||
No fear | 27 (27.0) | 13 (48.1) | 14 (51.9) | † | 0.023 |
Reason for whether or not to repeat a malaria test | |||||
Fear | 39 (39.0) | 3 (7.7) | 36 (92.3) | ||
Accuracy of test | 19 (19.0) | 4 (21.1) | 15 (78.9) | ||
Painful | 17 (17.0) | 9 (52.9) | 8 (47.1) | ||
Don't know | 17 (17.0) | 17 (100) | 0 (0) | ||
HIV status | 8 (8.0) | 1 (12.5) | 7 (87.5) | † | <0.001 |
Knowledge about HIV | |||||
Yes | 98 (98.0) | 33 (33.7) | 65 (66.3) | ||
No | 2 (2.0) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | † | 1.000 |
Reason for whether or not to do an HIV test | |||||
Fear | 63 (63.0) | 13 (20.6) | 50 (79.4) | ||
Curiosity | 37 (37.0) | 21 (56.8) | 16 (43.2) | † | <0.001 |
HIV test rather than malaria test | |||||
Yes | 67 (67.0) | 19 (28.4) | 48 (71.6) | ||
Don't know | 27 (27.0) | 12 (44.4) | 15 (55.6) | ||
No | 6 (6.0) | 3 (50.0) | 3 (50.0) | † | 0.250 |
Blood is used for something else | |||||
Don’t know | 35 (35.0) | 11 (31.4) | 24 (68.6) | ||
Yes | 43 (43.0) | 13 (30.2) | 30 (69.8) | ||
No | 12 (12.0) | 5 (41.7) | 7 (58.3) | ||
Witchcraft | 10 (10.0) | 5 (50.0) | 5 (50.0) | 1.83 | 0.608 |