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Table 8 Source of information about management of the alternate condition

From: Assessing the feasibility of integration of self-care for filarial lymphoedema into existing community leprosy self-help groups in Nepal

Information source on other disease

Participants that that knew about the other disease

Proportion of participants that did not think that management was possible

LF (n = 40)

Leprosy (n = 48)

LF (n = 21)

Leprosy (n = 11)

Female Community health volunteer (FCHV)

10

14

60.0%

42.9%

Media

16

11

37.5%

9.1%

SHG

2

10

0.0%

30.0%

Do not know

2

0

100.0%

–

Friends

3

3

100.0%

0%

Health professional

2

3

0.0%

33.3%

Hospital

2

4

50.0%

0.0%

School

0

1

–

0.0%

Person with other disease

2

2

100.0%

0.0%