Table 2 Malaria knowledge and household ownership of ITNs among the study participants
Variables | Health center | Total, n (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Modjo | Meki | Batu | Bulbula | Shashemene | ||
Symptoms of malaria | ||||||
Fever | 151 | 141 | 97 | 126 | 46 | 561 (69%) |
Feeling cold | 143 | 136 | 131 | 138 | 117 | 665 (82%) |
Headache | 127 | 87 | 125 | 136 | 137 | 612 (76%) |
Vomiting | 81 | 82 | 105 | 75 | 84 | 427 (53%) |
Joint pain | 84 | 52 | 56 | 31 | 9 | 232 (29%) |
Loss of appetite | 114 | 136 | 66 | 53 | 32 | 401 (49.5%) |
Muscle pain | 69 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 112 (14%) |
Nausea | 85 | 47 | 11 | 41 | 50 | 234 (29%) |
Sweating | 87 | 134 | 11 | 37 | 118 | 387 (48%) |
Malaria is preventable | ||||||
Yes | 169 | 172 | 177 | 146 | 139 | 803 (99%) |
No | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 (1%) |
Household ownership of ITNs | ||||||
Yes | 72 | 82 | 101 | 90 | 62 | 407 (50%) |
No | 97 | 93 | 79 | 57 | 77 | 403 (50%) |
Number of ITNs owned | ||||||
1 | 21 | 28 | 48 | 25 | 24 | 146 (36%) |
2 | 44 | 40 | 34 | 48 | 29 | 195 (48%) |
3 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 54 (13%) |
4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 (3%) |
Frequency of night slept under ITNs in the last 15 days | ||||||
All nights | 39 | 28 | 50 | 56 | 41 | 214 (52%) |
Sometimes | 24 | 35 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 121 (30%) |
Only few night | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 (2%) |
None of the nights | 9 | 18 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 64 (16%) |