All cases | Cases with Cisterns | Cases without Cisterns | p-value† | |
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Symptoms (Number and %) | ||||
Blood in stool | 62/531 (11.7%) | 25/202 (12.4%) | 37/329 (11.3%) | 0.694 |
Liquid/watery stool | 460/517 (89.0%) | 178/199 (89.5%) | 282/318 (88.7%) | 0.786 |
Duration (Per month) | ||||
Mean number of days with diarrhoea and SD | 3.9 (n = 534) | 3.6 (n = 204) | 4.0 (n = 330) | 0.183 |
SD 2.83 | SD 3.26 | |||
Number of Episodes (Per month) | ||||
Mean number of diarrhoeal episodes and SD | 1.5 (n = 534) | 1.6 (n = 204) | 1.5 (n = 330) | 0.307 |
SD 0.96 | SD 0.80 | |||
Number and percent of cases with more than one episode | 196/534 (36.7%) | 76/204 (37.3%) | 120/330 (36.4%) | 0.836 |
Treatment (Number and %) | ||||
Took medication or home therapy | 260/530 (49.1%) | 106/202 (52.5%) | 154/328 (47.0%) | 0.217 |
Care Sought (Number and %) | ||||
None | 307/535 (57.4%) | 114/204 (55.9%) | 193/331 (58.3%) | 0.582 |
Community Health Agent (ACS) | 51/535 (9.5%) | 22/204 (10.8%) | 29/331 (8.8%) | 0.439 |
Referral to Health Post | 124/535 (23.2%) | 46/204 (22.6%) | 78/331 (23.6%) | 0.787 |
Referral to hospital | 61/535 (11.4%) | 27/204 (13.2%) | 34/331 (10.3%) | 0.295 |
Other | 6/535 (1.1%) | 2/204 (1.0%) | 4/331 (1.2%) | 0.808 |