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dc.contributor.authorRomay-Barja, Maria 
dc.contributor.authorJarrin-Vera, Inmaculada 
dc.contributor.authorNcogo, Policarpo
dc.contributor.authorNseng, Gloria
dc.contributor.authorSagrado, Maria Jose 
dc.contributor.authorSantana-Morales, Maria A
dc.contributor.authorAparicio, Pilar 
dc.contributor.authorValladares, Basilio
dc.contributor.authorRiloha, Matilde
dc.contributor.authorBenito, Agustin 
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-11T15:12:01Z
dc.date.available2018-12-11T15:12:01Z
dc.date.issued2015-08-18
dc.identifier.citationPLoS One. 2015 Aug 18;10(8):e0135887es_ES
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203es_ES
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/6817
dc.descriptionCorrection: Rural-Urban Differences in Household Treatment-Seeking Behaviour for Suspected Malaria in Children at Bata District, Equatorial Guinea. PLoS One. 2015 Sep 14;10(9):e0138518. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138518. PMID: 26368282.
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Malaria remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality among children under five years old in Equatorial Guinea. However, little is known about the community management of malaria and treatment-seeking patterns. We aimed to assess symptoms of children with reported malaria and treatment-seeking behaviour of their caretakers in rural and urban areas in the Bata District. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the district of Bata and 440 houses were selected from 18 rural villages and 26 urban neighbourhoods. Differences between rural and urban caregivers and children with reported malaria were assessed through the chi-squared test for independence of categorical variables and the t-Student or the non-parametric Mann-Whitney test for normally or not-normally distributed continuous variables, respectively. RESULTS: Differences between rural and urban households were observed in caregiver treatment-seeking patterns. Fever was the main symptom associated with malaria in both areas. Malaria was treated first at home, particularly in rural areas. The second step was to seek treatment outside the home, mainly at hospital and Health Centre for rural households and at hospital and private clinic for urban ones. Artemether monotherapy was the antimalarial treatment prescribed most often. Households waited for more than 24 hours before seeking treatment outside and delays were longest in rural areas. The total cost of treatment was higher in urban than in rural areas in Bata. CONCLUSIONS: The delays in seeking treatment, the type of malaria therapy received and the cost of treatment are the principal problems found in Bata District. Important steps for reducing malaria morbidity and mortality in this area are to provide sufficient supplies of effective antimalarial drugs and to improve malaria treatment skills in households and in both public and private sectors.es_ES
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was funding by the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional AECID http://www.aecid.es/ES TREG1415/11 and the Tropical Diseases Research Network RD06/0021/0000; RICET http://www.ricet.es/ The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.es_ES
dc.language.isoenges_ES
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science (PLOS) es_ES
dc.type.hasVersionVoRes_ES
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subject.meshAdolescent es_ES
dc.subject.meshAdult es_ES
dc.subject.meshAged es_ES
dc.subject.meshAntimalarials es_ES
dc.subject.meshCaregivers es_ES
dc.subject.meshChild es_ES
dc.subject.meshEquatorial Guinea es_ES
dc.subject.meshFemale es_ES
dc.subject.meshHumans es_ES
dc.subject.meshMalaria es_ES
dc.subject.meshMale es_ES
dc.subject.meshMiddle Aged es_ES
dc.subject.meshPatient Acceptance of Health Care es_ES
dc.subject.meshRural Population es_ES
dc.subject.meshTime Factors es_ES
dc.subject.meshUrban Population es_ES
dc.subject.meshYoung Adult es_ES
dc.subject.meshHousing es_ES
dc.titleRural-Urban Differences in Household Treatment-Seeking Behaviour for Suspected Malaria in Children at Bata District, Equatorial Guineaes_ES
dc.typejournal articlees_ES
dc.rights.licenseAtribución 4.0 Internacional*
dc.identifier.pubmedID26284683es_ES
dc.format.volume10es_ES
dc.format.number8es_ES
dc.format.pagee0135887es_ES
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0135887es_ES
dc.contributor.funderAgencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo es_ES
dc.contributor.funderRETICS-Investigación colaborativa en Enfermedades Tropicales (RICET-ISCIII) (España) es_ES
dc.description.peerreviewedes_ES
dc.identifier.e-issn1932-6203es_ES
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135887es_ES
dc.identifier.journalPloS onees_ES
dc.repisalud.centroISCIII::Centro Nacional de Medicina Tropicales_ES
dc.repisalud.centroISCIII::Centro Nacional de Epidemiología
dc.repisalud.institucionISCIIIes_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accesses_ES


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