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Table 4 Malaria prevention practices in index 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)

Use of mosquito bed nets

 Yes

70 (17.5) (13.9–21.6)

 No

330 (82.5) (78.4–86.1)

Use of ITNs

 Yes

34 (8.5) (6.0–11.7)

 No

366 (91.5) (88.3–94.0)

Use of SP

 Yes

165 (41.2) (36.4–46.2)

 No

235 (58.8) (53.8–63.6)

Doses of SP received (n = 400)

 One

165 (41.2) (36.4–46.2)

 Two

5 (1.3) (0.4–2.9)

Use of other drugs for preventing MIP

 Chloroquine®

25 (6.3) (4.1–9.1)

 Antibiotics

8 (2.0) (0.9–3.9)