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Table 3 ITN use and self-medication with anti-malarial drug prevalence according to the age

From: Hospital attendance, malaria prevalence and self-medication with an antimalarial drug before and after the start of COVID-19 pandemic in a sentinel site for malaria surveillance in Gabon

 

2019

2020

2021

2022

Self-medication, n (%)

  < 5 years

129 (11.9)

280 (23.1)

627 (23.8)

595 (20.2)

 5–10 years

63 (15.2)

133 (29.2)

357 (34.3)

328 (28.9)

 11–18 years

41 (17.6)

77 (30.4)

112 (28.8)

167 (29.7)

p

0.03

 < 0.01

 < 0.01

 < 0.01

ITN use, n (%)

  < 5 years

625 (58.0)

694 (57.0)

1332 (50.8)

1649 (55.8)

 5–10 years

207 (50.1)

196 (42.5)

414 (40.3)

471 (41.3)

 11–18 years

114 (49.1)

104 (40.5)

158 (40.8)

182 (31.6)

p

0.003

 < 0.01

 < 0.01

 < 0.01