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Table 3 Knowledge of malaria prevention in pregnancy among respondents attending ANC in Cross River State

From: Barriers to and determinants of the use of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in Cross River State, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

Variable

n (%) (95 % CI)

Mosquito bed nets

 Yes

248 (62.0) (57.0–66.8)

 No

152 (38.0) (33.2–43.0)

Insecticide-treated mosquito bed nets

 Yes

298 (74.5) (70.0–78.7)

 No

102 (25.5) (21.3–30.1)

SP

 Yes

256 (64.0) (59.1–68.7)

 No

144 (36.0) (31.3–40.9)

Correct dose of SP (n = 256)

 Yes

220 (85.9) (81.1–90.0)

 No

36 (14.1) (10.1–18.9)

Gestational age for taking SP (n = 256)

 First trimester

44 (17.2) (12.8–22.4)

 Second trimester

97 (37.9) (31.9–44.1)

 Third trimester

22 (8.6) (5.5–12.7)

 Don’t know

93 (36.3) (30.4–42.5)