Table 5 Preventive measure of malaria among study participants (n = 288)
| Prevention practices |
Total n = 288 |
Positive n = 35 |
Negative n = 253 | p valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Bed net use | 1.000 | |||
| Yes | 285 (99.0) | 35 (100.0) | 250 (98.8) | |
| No | 3 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.2) | |
| Ordinary bed net | 0.837 | |||
| Yes | 215 (74.7) | 27 (77.1) | 188 (74.3) | |
| No | 73 (25.3) | 8 (22.9) | 65 (25.7) | |
| LLINs | 0.226 | |||
| Yes | 80 (27.8) | 13 (37.1) | 67 (26.5) | |
| No | 208 (72.2) | 22 (62.9) | 186 (73.5) | |
| Hammock net | 1.000 | |||
| Yes | 31 (10.8) | 3 (8.6) | 28 (11.1) | |
| No | 257 (89.2) | 32 (91.4) | 225 (88.9) | |
| Wearing long uniform | 0.713 | |||
| Yes | 269 (93.4) | 32 (91.4) | 237 (93.7) | |
| No | 19 (6.6) | 3 (8.6) | 16 (6.3) | |
| Repellents use | 0.750 | |||
| Yes | 263 (91.3) | 33 (94.3) | 230 (90.9) | |
| No | 25 (8.7) | 2 (5.7) | 23 (9.1) | |
| Mosquito coil use | 0.782 | |||
| Yes | 253 (87.8) | 32 (31.4) | 221 (87.4) | |
| No | 35 (12.2) | 3 (8.6) | 32 (12.6) | |
| Wood/plant smoke use | 0.702 | |||
| Yes | 197 (68.4) | 23 (65.7) | 174 (68.8) | |
| No | 91 (31.6) | 12 (34.3) | 79 (31.2) | |
| Taking drug prophylaxis | 0.039 | |||
| Yes | 212 (73.6) | 31 (88.6) | 181 (71.5) | |
| No | 76 (26.4) | 4 (11.6) | 72 (28.5) | |