Table 1 Summary of participants’ characteristics of a cross-sectional survey carried out in the region of Taabo, south-central part of Côte d’Ivoire in April and May 2017
Group | Characteristic | Number (%) |
|---|---|---|
All | 901 (100.0) | |
Sociodemographic factors | Age [years; median (IQR)] | 41 (18) |
Age: 18–41 years | 477 (52.9) | |
Females | 436 (48.4) | |
No formal education | 405 (45.0) | |
Lowest wealth tertile | 309 (34.3) | |
Farmers | 487 (54.1) | |
Area: Taabo-Cité (semi-urban) | 451 (50.1) | |
Area: Amani-Ménou (rural) | 222 (24.6) | |
Area: Tokohiri (rural) | 228 (25.3) | |
Rural area | 450 (49.9) | |
Hygiene-related factors | No toilet in household | 426 (47.3) |
Use of surface water | 201 (22.3) | |
Disposal of waste in the environment | 799 (88.7) | |
Disposal of toilet water in the open | 645 (71.6) | |
Poor handwashing practice | 6 (0.7) | |
Poor water storage | 115 (12.8) | |
Poor faecal handling | 446 (49.5) | |
Poor hygiene score [median (IQR)]a | 3 (2) | |
Poor hygiene score > 3 | 371 (41.2) | |
Health-related factors | Fatigue | 701 (77.8) |
Nausea or vomiting | 154 (17.1) | |
Fever | 374 (41.5) | |
Diarrhea | 362 (40.2) | |
Blood in the stool | 169 (18.8) | |
Blood in the urine | 6 (0.7) | |
General body pain | 736 (81.7) | |
General body pain disturbance | 450 (61.1) | |
Abdominal pain | 346 (38.4) | |
Use of pain medication | 238 (26.4) | |
Pain score [median (IQR)]b | 2 (2) | |
Pain score > 2 | 329 (36.5) | |
Symptom score [median (IQR)]c | 4 (3) | |
Symptom score > 4 | 369 (41.0) | |
Poor self-rated general health | 43 (4.8) | |
Use of conventional healthcare | 697 (77.4) | |
Hemoglobin, Hb [g/dl; median (IQR)] | 13.3 (2.2) | |
Anaemia | 185 (20.5) | |
Body mass index, BMI [kg/m2; median (IQR)] | 22.7 (4.8) | |
Underweight | 69 (7.7) |