Prevalence of Malaria and Associated Factors among Malaria-Suspected Patients Attending Hamusit Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Malaria control activities and conditions among febrile patients attending Hamusit Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020.

Variable	Category	Frequency	Proportion (%)
Availability of ITN	Yes	151	71.9
	No	59	28.1
Reason for unavailability of ITN	Never received	26	44.1
	Lost/given to somebody else	10	16.9
	Old and thrown away	23	39.0
Proportion of one ITN to family members	For 1-1.5 persons	41	27.1
	For 1.6–2.5 persons	64	42.4
	For more than 2.5 persons	46	30.5
Habit of sleeping under ITN	Always	127	60.5
	Sometimes	24	11.4
	Never	59	28.1
House sprayed with IRS within 12 months	Yes	65	31.0
	No	145	69.0
Time of IRS spray	<6 months ago	21	32.3
	≥6 months ago	44	67.7
Presence of hole in the wall	Yes	92	43.8
	No	118	56.2
Presence of surface water with in 500 m from home	Yes	160	76.2
	No	50	23.8
Type of surface water	River	140	66.7
	Lake/pond	3	1.4
	Swamp/small stagnant water	17	8.1
Distance of surface water from home (meter)	0-100	125	78.1
	101-500	35	21.9
Habit of sleeping or working outside at night	Yes	54	25.7
	No	156	74.3