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. 2023 Oct 27;89(1):74. doi: 10.5334/aogh.4247

Table 3.

Prevalence of specific respiratory disease symptoms (multiple responses were given).


VARIABLES SAMPOU NEMBE GBARAIN TOTAL X2 (p-VALUE)

FREQ (%) FREQ (%) FREQ (%) FREQ (%)

Chest pain with deep breathing 75 (34.8) 73 (34.0) 67 (31.2) 215 (35.0) 0.744 (0.689)

Coughing that produces thick sputum 73 (49.3) 39 (26.4) 36 (24.3) 148 (24.1) 22.548 (<0.001)*

Coughing that occurs mostly when lying down 21 (28.8) 35 (47.9) 17 (23.3) 73 (11.9) 8.331 (0.016)*

Coughing up blood 0 (0.0) 5 (55.6) 4 (44.4) 9 (1.5) 4.736 (0.094)

Coughing that wakes early in the morning 23 (38.3) 25 (41.7) 12 (20.0) 60 (9.8) 5.430 (0.066)

Difficulty breathing 15 (41.7) 13 (36.1) 8 (22.2 36 (5.9) 2.301 (0.316)

Breathlessness when walking fast 14 (29.2) 20 (41.7) 14 (29.2) 48 (7.8) 1.627 (0.443)

Breathlessness when walking normally 2 (10.0) 6 (30.0) 12 (60.0) 20 (3.3) 7.855 (0.02)*

Breathlessness when working 15 (40.5) 9 (24.3) 13 (35.1) 37 (6.0) 1.610 (0.447)

Persistent stuffy nose 12 (33.3) 16 (44.4) 8 (22.2) 36 (5.9) 2.832 (0.243)

Persistent running nose 28 (54.9) 18 (35.3) 5 (9.8) 51 (8.3) 17.062 (<0.001)*

Thick mucus production without coughing 6 (16.2) 19 (51.4) 12 (32.4) 37 (6.0) 7.304 (0.026)*

Whistling sounds from chest 1 (5.8) 8 (47.1) 8 (47.1) 17 (2.8) 5.929 (0.05)*

Chest tightness 8 (21.6) 16 (43.2) 13 (35.1) 37 (6.0) 2.818 (0.244)

Episodes of struggling to breathe 5 (29.4) 6 (35.3) 6 (35.3) 17 (2.8) 0.121 (0.941)