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Table 5 Preventive measure of malaria among study participants (n = 288)

From: Malaria prevalence, knowledge, perception, preventive and treatment behavior among military in Champasak and Attapeu provinces, Lao PDR: a mixed methods study

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)

 
  1. aFisher’s exact test