Table 7 Reasons for not participating in each round of MDA.
From: Community acceptance of Ivermectin mass drug administration for malaria in Southern Thailand
Reason | Non-participation among eligible individuals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MDA-1 (n = 672) | MDA-2 (n = 951) | MDA-3 (n = 915) | ||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Absent | 365 | 54.3 | 375 | 39.4 | 321 | 35.1 |
Not willing | 150 | 22.3 | 428 | 45.1 | 460 | 50.3 |
COVID-19 | 18 | 2.7 | 13 | 1.4 | – | – |
Death a | 2 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.4 | 5 | 0.5 |
Illness | 45 | 6.7 | 45 | 4.7 | 42 | 4.6 |
Lactating | 3 | 0.4 | 5 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.2 |
Moved out | 63 | 9.4 | 32 | 3.4 | 31 | 3.4 |
Pregnancy | 16 | 2.4 | 18 | 1.9 | 19 | 2.1 |
Repeated name | 2 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.3 | – | – |
Unreachable | 6 | 0.9 | 7 | 0.7 | 8 | 0.9 |
Side effect(s) | – | – | 20 | 2.1 | 26 | 2.8 |
Withdrawal | – | – | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
No reason | 2 | 0.3 | – | – | – | – |
