Consequences of hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, healthcare-seeking behaviors of patients, and responses of the health system: a population-based cross-sectional study in Bangladesh

Table 3 Prevalence (%) of economic consequences for COPD, hypertension, and comorbidity and coping mechanisms in rural and urban sites

Economic crises and coping mechanisms	Dhaka (urban)			Matlab (rural)
Economic crises and coping mechanisms	COPD	HT	Comorbidity	COPD	HT	Comorbidity
Faced some financial problems	12.5**	3.3	0.0	2.4	1.4	0.0
Coping mechanism ^$
Sold household assets	1.1**	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.7	0.0
Spent/reduced savings	4.3**	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0
Reduced expenditure on food	6.5**	1.2	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0
Borrowed money from relative/friend	7.1**	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
Others	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
No. of patients (N)	184	246	53	292	140	74

^$Multiple responses were possible; **p < 0.01 (the prevalence compared between sites).