Factors influencing delay in malaria treatment seeking at selected public health facilities in South Gonder, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: Early and prompt treatment-seeking for malaria is necessary to reduce the progression of the disease to its severe forms and the associated mortality. Various studies have indicated that treatments sought for malaria were not always within the recommended timeframe. Therefore, this study aims to assess factors influencing delay in malaria treatment seeking at public health facilities in South Gonder, Ethiopia. An unmatched case-control study was conducted among 322 individuals, comprising 161 cases and 161 controls, who were randomly selected malaria patients visiting public health facilities in South Gonder District, Ethiopia, from May 20/2022 to June 25/2022. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect data, which were subsequently cleaned and entered into Epi data. Des

SUBMITTER: Alga A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10951229 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature