|
Economic crises and coping mechanisms
|
Dhaka (urban)
|
Matlab (rural)
|
|---|
|
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).
