Skip to main content

Table 3 Respondents’ attitude to ITN and Malaria prevention

From: Impact of health education intervention on insecticide treated nets uptake among nursing mothers in rural communities in Nigeria

Experimental group

Control group

 

Pre intervention N = 200 [%]

Post intervention N = 190 [%]

Degree of change

P value

Pre intervention N = 200 [%]

Post intervention N = 180 [%]

Degree of change

P value

Knowledge of disease causation

Correct

137 [68.5]

180 [95.0]

26.5

<0.001

147 [73.5]

130 [72.2]

−1.3

0.78

Incorrect

63 [31.5]

10 [5.0]

  

53 [26.5]

50 [27.8]

  

Belief in the Efficacy of ITN

Efficient

121 [60.5]

185 [97.4]

36.9

<0.001

124 [62.0]

108 [60.0]

2.0%

0.69

Not efficient

79 [39.5]

5 [2.6]

  

76 [38.0]

72 [40.0]

  

Readiness to use ITN if given free

Yes

139 [69.5]

190 [100]

30.5

 

144 [72.0]

133 [73.9]

  

No

61 [30.5]

0 [0.0]

 

<0.001

56 [28.0]

47 [26.1]

1.9

0.68