Illness meanings and experiences for pre-ulcer and ulcer conditions of Buruli ulcer in the Ga-West and Ga-South Municipalities of Ghana

Table 2 Impact of respondent’s illness condition on family

Illness impact				Pre-ulcers, N = 15	Ulcers, N = 166
	Total %	Spon. %	Mean Prominence	Total %	Spon. %	Mean Prominence	P-values
Loss of income	33.3	13.3	0.47	80.1	60.8	1.41	***
Sadness, anxiety and worry	60.0	6.7	0.67	71.7	28.9	1.01
Concern about course of illness	66.7	26.7	0.93	81.9	35.5	1.17
Miss work for care-taking	26.7	0.0	0.27	85.5	54.2	1.40	***
None	26.7	20.0	0.47	1.2	1.2	0.02	***
Left the family without support	6.7	6.7	0.13	1.8	1.8	0.04

Categories reported by less than 5% of respondents are not included in the table. Columns indicate total reported responses in percentages, spontaneously reported responses in percentages and the mean prominence. Total reported values include combined spontaneous and probed responses. The mean prominence was calculated based on assigned values to each reported category (2 = spontaneous response, 1 = probed response, 0 = not reported). The Wilcoxon ranksum test was used to compare mean prominence for pre-ulcers and ulcers (*p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01, ***p ≤ 0.001).

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