Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Malaria among People Attending Mekaneeyesus Primary Hospital, South Gondar, Northwestern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 5

Cross tabulation of Chi-square analyses of association of overall knowledge, attitude, and practice scores of the study participants with the prevalence of malaria.

Variables	Number examined (%)	Malaria positive	Malaria negative	,
Knowledge level
Poor knowledge	52 (13.3)	22 (42.3)	30 (57.7)	93.571, 0.001
Satisfactory	92 (23.6)	8 (8.7)	84 (91.3)
Good knowledge	246 (63.1)	3 (1.2)	243 (98.8)
Attitude level
Negative attitude	146 (37.4)	26 (17.8)	120 (82.2)	26.320, 0.001
Positive attitude	244 (62.6)	7 (2.9)	237 (97.1)
Practice level
Poor practice	192 (49.2)	31 (16.1)	161 (83.9)	28.831,0.001
Good practice	198 (50.8)	2 (1.0)	196 (99.0)