Table 6.
Treatment Choices for Suspected Cholera/Diarrheal Illness by Residents of Shashemene Town and Shashemene Woreda
| Treatment Choicesa | ST N = 317 n (% Of Nb) ± SE |
SW N = 325 n (% Of Nb) ± SE |
Total N = 642 n (% of Nb) ± SE |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go to clinic/hospital | 216 (68.10) ± 4.48 | 240 (73.90) ± 4.01 | 456 (71.00) ± 3.01 | .1110 |
| Use ORS/sugar-salt solution | 81 (25.60) ± 6.86 | 78 (24.00) ± 6.84 | 159 (24.80) ± 4.84 | .6488 |
| Buy drugs from the pharmacy | 28 (8.80) ± 7.57 | 9 (2.80) ± 7.78 | 37 (5.80) ± 5.44 | .0010 |
| Go to a traditional healer | 1 (0.30) ± 7.74 | 2 (0.60) ± 7.72 | 3 (0.50) ± 5.76 | .5774 |
| Home remedy | 5 (1.60) ± 7.93 | 2 (0.60) ± 7.72 | 7 (1.10) ± 5.57 | .2808 |
| Do not treat | 1 (0.30) ± 7.74 | 1 (0.30) ± 7.74 | 2 (0.30) ± 5.47 | 1.0000 |
| Otherc | 2 (0.60) ± 7.72 | 2 (0.60) ± 7.72 | 4 (0.60) ± 5.46 | 1.0000 |
Abbreviations: ORS, Oral Rehydration Solution; ST, Shashemene Town; SW, Shashemene Woreda; SE, Standard Error.
aTreatment choices: “Don’t know” option with zero responses not included in this table.
bThe denominator (N) in each column is the number of households (HHs) that responded to the question.
cOther: “Herbal remedies’ and “isolation” were stated.