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Table 3 Treatment-seeking patterns and clinical manifestations overall and by region

From: Snakebite victim profiles and treatment-seeking behaviors in two regions of Kenya: results from a health demographic surveillance system

 

[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

  1. p-values are from Chi-square tests for Independence between region and categorical variables