Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants, Takeo province, Cambodia, 2002
| Total (n = 500) | Children* (n = 212) | Adult women (n = 189) | Adult men (n = 99) | |
| Age: | ||||
| median | 22 | 9 | 38 | 37 |
| range (years) | 0–80 | 0–16 | 17–79 | 17–80 |
| Injection experiences (6-month period) | ||||
| Number of injections | 1483 | 557 | 713 | 213 |
| Overall injection rate (per person-year) | 5.9 | 5.3 | 7.5 | 4.3 |
| Proportions of subjects who received: | ||||
| ≥ 1 vaccine injection | 15% | 35% | 0% | 0% |
| ≥ 1 therapeutic injection | 32% | 31% | 39% | 20% |
| ≥ 1 intravenous infusion | 16% | 16% | 18% | 14% |
| ≥ 1 injection (any type) | 40% | 46% | 42% | 24% |
| ≥ 5 injections (any type) | 18% | 18% | 22% | 9% |
| Knowledge and attitudes^ | ||||
| Trusted practitioners if no injections prescribed | 90% | ND | 90% | 89% |
| Preferred injection for treatment of fever | 32% | ND | 35% | 26% |
| Believed injections more powerful than oral medication | 47% | ND | 50% | 40% |
| Aware that dirty syringes can transmit HIV | 95% | ND | 96% | 93% |
| Aware that dirty syringes can transmit hepatitis | 59% | ND | 60% | 57% |
ND = not determined
* participants aged ≤ 16 years
^ adults only (288 total respondents)