Table 2 Source of treatment and timing of blood test by age group among persons with undifferentiated fever within 2 weeks in the endemic regions of Myanmar in 2015
Age group (in years) | Under 5 (n = 246) | 5–15 (n = 336) | 15–59 (n = 504) | 60 and above (n = 81) | Total (n = 1167) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Source of treatment | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
No medication taken | 3 (1.2) | 11 (3.3) | 9 (1.8) | 3 (3.7) | 26 (2.2) | |
Self-medication | 42 (17.1) | 78 (23.2) | 128 (25.4) | 18 (22.2) | 266 (22.8) | |
Traditional healer | 8 (3.3) | 10 (3.0) | 17 (3.4) | 5 (6.2) | 40 (3.4) | |
Government’s Health Centre | 135(54.9) | 155(46.2) | 240(47.7) | 34(41.9) | 564(48.4) | |
Private Health Centre | 58(23.5) | 78(23.2) | 102(20.2) | 19(23.5) | 257(22.1) | |
Others/DNK | 0 (0) | 4 (1.2) | 8 (1.6) | 2(2.5) | 14 (1.2) | |
Blood test done | 55 (22.5) | 88 (26.2) | 162 (32.1) | 20 (24.7) | 325 (27.8) | |
Timing of blood test | (N = 55) | (N = 88) | (N = 162) | (N = 20) | (N = 325) | |
Within 24 h | 26 (47.3) | 35 (39.8) | 75 (46.3) | 8 (40.0) | 144 (44.3) | |
24–48 h | 19 (34.6) | 29 (33.0) | 49 (30.3) | 7 (35.0) | 104 (32.0) | |
More than 48 h | 7 (12.7) | 21 (23.9) | 25 (15.4) | 3 (15.0) | 56 (17.2) | |
Not sure | 3 (5.5) | 3 (3.4) | 13 (8.0) | 2 (10.0) | 21 (6.5) |