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Table 2 Communities' knowledge about cause, symptoms and treatment of TBL, Dubti and Amibara districts, Afar Region, north east Ethiopia, May 2009

From: Knowledge of cervical tuberculosis lymphadenitis and its treatment in pastoral communities of the Afar region, Ethiopia

Variable

Dubti

  

Amibara

   
 

Female (%)

Male (%)

Total (%)

Female (%)

Male (%)

Total (%)

Total (%)

Have you ever heard TBL?

       

Yes

137(85.1)*

216(93.1)*

353(89.8)

173(88.7)*

216(94.3)

389(91.7)

742(90.7)

No

24(14.9)

16(6.9)

40(10.2)

22(11.3)

13(5.7)

35(8.3)

76(9.3)

Cause of TBL:

       

   Bacteria/germ

1(0.7)

2(0.9)

3(0.9)

4(2.3)

4(1.9)

8(2.1)

11(1.5)

   Cold air

56(40.9)

80(37.0)

136(38.5)*

43(25.0)

47(22.3)

90(23.5)*

226(30.7)

   Food problem

73(53.3)

107(49.5)

180(51.0)*

39(22.7)

41(19.4)

80(20.9)*

260(35.3)

   Smoking, chewing

19(13.9)

30(13.9)

49(13.9)

41(23.8)

34(16.1)

75(19.6)

124(16.9)

   Sun light

18(13.1)

34(15.7)

52(14.7)

26(15.1)

19(9.0)

45(11.7)

97(13.2)

   Dust

12(8.8)

21(9.7)

33(9.3)*

46(26.7)*

37(17.5)*

83(21.7)*

116(15.8)

Hot air

5(3.6)

8(3.7)

13(3.7)

26(15.1)

22(10.4)

48(12.5)

61(8.3)

Dirty blood, milk, etc

7(5.1)

27(12.5)

34(9.6)

14(8.1)

17(8.1)

31(8.1)

68(9.3)

   Do not know

36(26.5)

58(27.2)

94(26.9)

85(49.7)

100(47.4)

185(48.4)

279(37.9)

TBL is treatable:

       

Yes

135(98.5)

211(97.7)

346(98.0)*

161(93.6)

206(95.4)

367(94.6)*

713(96.2)

No

0(0)

1(0.5)

1(0.3)

3(1.7)

2(0.9)

5(1.3)

6(0.8)

Do not know

2(1.5)

4(1.9)

6(1.7)

8(4.7)

8(3.7)

16(4.1)

22(3.0)

Treatment:

       

Traditional medicine

30(22.2)

33(15.6)

63(18.2)*

82(50.9)

96(46.6)

178(48.5)

244(34.2)

Modern drug

98(72.6)

168(79.6)

266(76.9)*

77(47.8)

102(49.5)

179(48.8)

445(62.4)

Both

7(5.2)

10(4.7)

17(4.9)

1(0.6)

7(3.4)

8(2.2)

25(3.5)

Do not know

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

1(0.6)

1(0.5)

2(0.5)

2(0.3)

  1. *there was statistically significant difference