THE PASSIVE CASE DETECTION OF MALARIA AT TEHSIL LIAQUETPUR

Abstract

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to compare the role of the
doctors and the medical technicians/ dispensers in passive case detection (PCD) of malaria.Design: This is a non
randomized clinical trial. Material and Methods: The PCD slides data of Malaria Control Programme Laboratory at
Tehsil Headquarter Hospital Liaquetpur from 2001 to 2004 was divided into group A and Group B depending on
whether the slides were advised by the doctors or the medical technicians/dispensers. P value less than 0.05 was taken
as significant. Results: The slide positivity rate (%) of Group A vs. Group B was 17.11 vs. 5.64 (p<0.0001) in 2001,
9.35 vs. 3.17 (p<0.0001) in 2002, 5.76 vs. 1.61 (p<0.0001) in 2003 and 5.74 vs. 1.33 (p<0.0001) in 2004. The
falciparum rate (%) of group A vs. group B was 2.59 vs. 0.46 (p<0.0001) in 2001, 2.06 vs. 1.15 (p=0.0342) in 2002,
0.3 vs. 00 (p= 0.0767) in 2003 and 0.31 vs. 00 (p=0.1276) in 2004. Conclusion: The performance of doctors group
was better than those of medical technicians/dispensers group