| [ALL] | Kwale | Mbita | p |
---|---|---|---|---|
N = 396 | N = 315 | N = 81 | ||
Treated at formal facility | 201 (50.8%) | 158 (50.2%) | 43 (53.1%) | 0.730 |
Treated by traditional healer | 213 (53.8%) | 159 (50.5%) | 54 (66.7%) | 0.013 |
Formal treatment only | 127 (32.1%) | 109 (34.6%) | 18 (22.2%) | 0.046 |
Traditional healer only | 139 (35.1%) | 110 (34.9%) | 29 (35.8%) | 0.986 |
Both formal and traditional | 74 (18.7%) | 49 (15.6%) | 25 (30.9%) | 0.003 |
Did not seek treatment | 56 (14.1%) | 47 (14.9%) | 9 (11.1%) | 0.485 |
Length of time until formal treatment | ||||
      Same day | 155 (77.5%) | 127 (80.4%) | 28 (66.7%) | 0.035 |
      Following day | 35 (17.5%) | 22 (13.9%) | 13 (31.0%) | |
      2–3 days after the bite | 7 (3.50%) | 7 (4.43%) | 0 (0.00%) | |
      Within a week later | 3 (1.50%) | 2 (1.27%) | 1 (2.38%) | |
Clinical manifestations | ||||
 Vomiting | 70 (17.8%) | 39 (12.4%) | 31 (39.2%) | < 0.001 |
 Loss of consciousness | 43 (10.9%) | 22 (7.01%) | 21 (26.6%) | < 0.001 |
 Paralysis | 2 (0.51%) | 1 (0.32%) | 1 (1.23%) | 0.368 |
 Scarring | 52 (13.2%) | 33 (10.5%) | 19 (24.1%) | 0.003 |
 Permanent physical debilitation | 42 (11.0%) | 14 (4.59%) | 28 (35.9%) | < 0.001 |
 Died | 16 (4.04%) | 11 (3.49%) | 5 (6.17%) | 0.338 |