Knowledge of Malaria and Its Uncomplicated Treatment with Argemone mexicana L. in Selected Districts of Jimma Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross Sectional Survey

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Table 1 Characteristics of Respondents in Selected Districts of Jimma Zone, from April 27 to May 18, 2020

Variables	Variables Category	Frequency (N=552)	Percentages (%)
Gender	Female	315	57.1
	Male	237	42.9
Age of the respondents	18–25 years	61	11.1
	26–35 years	161	29.2
	36–45 years	192	34.8
	46–55 years	73	13.2
	>56 years	65	11.8
Occupational status of the head of the household	Farmer	462	83.7
	Daily labor	20	3.6
	Gov`t employee	15	2.7
	Merchant	29	5.3
	Others	26	4.7
Occupational status of respondents	Farmer	467	84.6
	Daily labor	19	3.4
	Gov`t employee	8	1.4
	Housewife	18	3.3
	Merchant	24	4.3
	Others	16	2.9

Table 2 Characteristics, Mode of Treatment, and Outcome of Respondents Who Had History of Malaria in the Past 3 Months in Two Selected Districts of Jimma Zone from April 27 to May 18, 2020

Variables		Frequency (N=552)	Percentages (%)
Malaria episode among family Members within 3 months	Yes	23	4.2
Sex of the patient	Female	10	43.5
	Male	13	56.5
Age of those who had malaria episode in the past 3 months	Age group
	≤9	9	39.1
	10–19	4	17.4
	20–29	1	4.3
	30–39	3	13.0
	40–49	3	13.0
	60–69	2	8.7
	≥70	1	4.3
Relationship of respondents with Patients	Father	7	30.4
	Mother	8	34.8
	Other	8	34.8
Occurrence of the episode	≤2 weeks	5	21.7
	≥1 month	10	43.5
	>2 weeks and <1 month	8	34.8
Mode of the treatments	Modern only	20	87
	Modern and traditional herb	3	13
Treatment outcome	Better	5	21.7
	Cured	18	78.3

Table 3 Respondents Understanding About Method of Prevention and Diagnosis of Malaria in Two Selected Districts of Jimma Zone from April 27 to May 18, 2020

Items		Frequency (n)	Percentages (%)
Do you think malaria is a preventable disease?	No	4	0.7
	Yes	548	99.3
Do you think malaria can be prevented during pregnancy?	No	43	7.8
	Yes	509	92.2
Did you notice any problem that could be linked to your prevention method?	No	546	98.9
	Yes	6	1.1
Status of malaria after implementation of malaria prevention methods	Less frequent	546	98.91
	More frequent	6	1.09

Figure 1 Method of malaria preventions used by respondents of Jimma Zone from April 27 to May 18, 2020.

Table 4 Medical Uses of A. mexicana in Selected Districts of Jimma Zone from April 27 to May 18, 2020

Types of Diseases		Frequency (N=552)	Frequency Amongst TH (N=18)
Treatment of malaria		6	8
Prevention of malaria		0	1
Treatment of fever		1	3
Prevention of fever		0	1
Others		21	7
Other diseases	Amebiasis	7	3
	Amebiasis/diarrhea	1	0
	Amebiasis/diarrhea/ stomachache	1	0
	Amebiasis/stomachache	5	0
	Medicine for bite of koskoso	2	0
	Medicine for snake bite	2	0
	Stomachache	2	1
	Evil spirit	1	2
	Cough/TB	0	1