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Table 4 Respondents’ level of motivation for taking IPTp: social support

From: Determinants of uptake of first dose of intermittent preventive treatment among pregnant women in a secondary health Centre in Maiduguri, Nigeria

STATEMENT

Response

Please tell us how true or untrue it is for you

very untrue

mostly untrue

untrue

true

mostly true

very true

Most people who are important to you think you should …

 Take all the medicines given to you for preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy?

2 (0.5)

6 (1.6)

20 (5.3)

143 (37.6)

111 (29.2)

98 (25.8)

 Take all the medicines given to you for preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy even when you don’t feel sick

2 (0.5)

4 (1.1)

25 (6.6)

143 (37.6)

102 (26.8)

104 (27.4)