Treatment status | Timely treatment N = 178 | P-values |
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OR (95% CI) | ||
Education | Â | Â |
Primary | Ref | Â |
Secondary and above | 0.5 (0.16, 1.62) | 0.254 |
No education | 0.4 (0.09, 1.58) | 0.180 |
Patterns of distress | Â | Â |
Problems with mobility and use of affected limbs | 0.8 (0.29, 2.50) | 0.762 |
Disrupted education | 0.4 (0.12, 1.63) | 0.220 |
Loss of income | 0.5 (0.13, 1.75) | 0.267 |
Anxiety | 0.6 (0.25, 1.57) | 0.316 |
Embarrassed about condition | 0.6 (0.22, 1.41) | 0.216 |
Recurring infection | 3.5 (0.71, 17.63) | 0.125 |
Perceived causes | Â | Â |
Drinking unclean water | 3.8 (1.34, 10.63) | 0.011 |
Prone to illness | 0.2 (0.05, 1.09) | 0.064 |
Weakness of blood | 0.6 (0.24, 1.79) | 0.406 |
Outside-help | Â | Â |
Herbalist | 0.2 (0.08, 0.56) | 0.002 |
Fetish/spiritualist | 0.2 (0.05, 1.09) | 0.064 |
Prayer camp | 0.4 (0.13, 1.32) | 0.136 |
Municipal health facilities | 1.2 (0.31, 4.68) | 0.792 |
Government hospital outside the district | 0.3 (0.05, 1.56) | 0.150 |
Nothing | 0.4 (0.04, 2.96) | 0.343 |
Reasons for medical treatment | Â | Â |
Easy access to health centre | 8.5 (1.61, 44.47) | 0.012 |
Self-referral | 2.3 (0.74, 6.98) | 0.151 |
Referral by family and friends | 1.6 (0.57, 4.43) | 0.374 |
Get well quickly | 1.5 (0.30, 7.32) | 0.620 |
Effectiveness of antibiotic treatment | 2.8 (0.55, 14.51) | 0.215 |