From: Comparing sociocultural features of cholera in three endemic African settings
Category | SE-DRC, n = 360 | Western Kenya, n = 379 | Zanzibar, n = 356 | ||||||||||||
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Overall | Total reported | Prominence | Â | Total reported | Prominence | Â | Total reported | Prominence | Â | ||||||
Faith healers | 19.4 | 0.31 | Â | 18.5 | 0.23 | Â | 14.9 | 0.18 | Â | ||||||
Healthcare facility | 100.0 | 4.79 | Â | 100.0 | 4.76 | Â | 100.0 | 4.64 | Â | ||||||
Informal help*** | 13.6 | 0.18 | Â | 54.6 | 0.72 | Â | 55.9 | 0.86 | Â | ||||||
Pharmacy/OTC*** | 19.4 | 0.20 | Â | 59.1 | 0.70 | Â | 34.0 | 0.36 | Â | ||||||
Site comparison | Urban | Rural | P value | Urban | Rural | P value | Urban | Rural | P value | ||||||
Total reported | Prominence | Total reported | Prominence | Total reported | Prominence | Total reported | Prominence | Total reported | Prominence | Total reported | Prominence | ||||
Healthcare facility | 100.0 | 4.69 | 100.0 | 4.90 | 0.001 | 100.0 | 4.87 | 99.5 | 4.65 | 0.005 | 100.0 | 4.87 | 100.0 | 4.41 | <0.001 |
Informal help | 15.6 | 0.22 | 11.7 | 0.13 | 0.263 | 44.2 | 0.54 | 65.1 | 0.90 | <0.001 | 38.5 | 0.52 | 73.4 | 1.21 | <0.001 |
Pharmacy/OTC | 20.6 | 0.22 | 18.3 | 0.18 | 0.546 | 55.3 | 0.61 | 63.0 | 0.79 | 0.072 | 27.4 | 0.27 | 40.7 | 0.44 | 0.007 |
Traditional healers | 9.4 | 0.14 | 4.4 | 0.09 | 0.075 | 12.1 | 0.16 | 17.5 | 0.19 | 0.187 | 3.9 | 0.04 | 9.6 | 0.12 | 0.031 |
Gender comparison | Female | Male | P value | Female | Male | P value | Female | Male | P value | ||||||
Total reported | Prominence | Total reported | Prominence | Total reported | Prominence | Total reported | Prominence | Total reported | Prominence | Total reported | Prominence | ||||
Healthcare facility | 100.0 | 4.77 | 100.0 | 4.82 | 0.976 | 100.0 | 4.79 | 100.0 | 4.72 | 0.475 | 100.0 | 4.77 | 100.0 | 4.51 | 0.013 |
Informal help | 10.5 | 0.12 | 16.8 | 0.23 | 0.078 | 49.5 | 0.62 | 60.0 | 0.83 | 0.026 | 50.8 | 0.69 | 61.0 | 1.03 | 0.014 |
Traditional healers | 5.0 | 0.08 | 8.9 | 0.15 | 0.159 | 10.3 | 0.12 | 19.5 | 0.22 | 0.014 | 7.8 | 0.08 | 5.6 | 0.07 | 0.418 |