Table 3 Respondents’ level of personal motivation for taking IPTp
STATEMENT | Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
For the remaining duration of your pregnancy, how good or bad would it be for your health … . | Very bad | Somewhat bad | Neither bad nor good | Somewhat good | very good |
To take all the medicines given to you for preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy? | 3 (0.8) | 5 (1.3) | 29 (7.6) | 142 (37.4) | 201 (52.9) |
Take all the medicines given to you for preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy even when you don’t feel sick | 2 (0.5) | 9 (2.4) | 26 (6.8) | 153 (40.3) | 190 (50.5) |
For the remaining duration of your pregnancy, how pleasant or unpleasant would it be for you … | very unpleasant | Somewhat pleasant | neither unpleasant nor pleasant | Somewhat pleasant | very pleasant |
To take all the medicines given to you for preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy? | 5 (1.3) | 9 (2.4) | 29 (7.6) | 166 (43.7) | 171 (45.0) |
To take all the medicines given to you for preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy even when you don’t feel sick | 4 (1.1) | 11 (2.9) | 30 (7.9) | 169 (44.5) | 166 (43.7) |