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. 2007 Dec 5;1(3):e87. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000087

Table 1. Bivariate analysis of factors associated with tungiasis infestation.

Examined n Positive n (%) OR (95% confidence interval) P value
Socio-demographic factors
Sex
 Female 258 111 (43.0) Reference
 Male 299 141 (47.2) 1.18 (0.83–1.68) 0.35
Age group (years)
 ≤14 329 198 (60.2) 9.00 (5.34–15.58) <0.0001
 15–39 153 22 (14.4) Reference
 ≥40 75 32 (42.7) 4.43 (2.22–8.88) <0.0001
Religion
 Christian 445 203 (45.6) Reference
 Muslim 75 36 (48.0) 1.10 (0.65–1.85) 0.71
 None/other 37 13 (35.1) 0.65 (0.29–1.36) 0.23
Education
 Primary school completed 127 14 (11.0) Reference
 Illiterate/Primary school not completed 430 238 (55.4) 10.00 (5.48–19.43) <0.0001
Occupation
 School 380 203 (53.4) 2.77 (1.83–4.22) <0.0001
 Worker/employed 157 46 (29.3) Reference
 Unemployed/Retiree 20 3 (15.0) 0.42 (0.07–1.58) 0.29
Housing and associated factors
Distance to river (walking time)
 <15 min 199 92 (46.2) 1.06 (0.74–1.53) 0.79
 ≥15 min 358 160 (44.7) Reference
Type of house construction
 Bricks 414 150 (36.2) Reference
 Adobe 123 83 (67.5) 3.65 (2.34–5.75) <0.0001
 Palm products 20 19 (95.0) 33.44 (5.18–1394.30) <0.0001
Type of floor inside house
 Concrete 280 44 (15.7) Reference
 Sand/Clay 277 208 (75.1) 16.17 (10.40–25.24) <0.0001
Toilet
 Pit latrine/WC 194 61 (31.4) Reference
 None 363 191 (52.6) 2.42 (1.65–3.56) <0.0001
Water Supply
 Exclusively well/tank 185 34 (18.4) Reference
 Well and river 268 133 (49.6) 4.38 (2.76–7.01) <0.0001
 Exclusively river 104 85 (81.7) 19.86 (10.25–38.99) <0.0001
Waste disposal
 Burnt 98 29 (29.6) Reference
 Disposed on compound 326 138 (42.3) 1.75 (1.05–2.95) 0.025
 Disposed outside compound 133 85 (63.9) 4.21 (2.32–7.68) <0.0001
Electricity
 Yes 373 138 (37.0) Reference
 No 184 114 (61.9) 2.77 (1.90–4.06) <0.0001
Animals on compound
Pigs
 Yes 111 101 (91.0) 19.73 (9.87–43.43) <0.0001
 No 446 151 (33.9) Reference
Dogs
 Yes 106 61 (57.6) 1.85 (1.18–2.90) 0.007
 No 451 191 (42.4) Reference
Cats
 Yes 57 34 (59.7) 1.91 (1.05–3.50) 0.025
 No 500 218 (43.6) Reference
Goats and/or chickens
 Yes 273 117 (42.9) 0.83 (0.58–1.17) 0.27
 No 284 135 (47.5) Reference
Knowledge. attitudes and practices
Knowledge on possible causes of tungiasis
 Sand/animals 416 141 (33.9) Reference
 Other/does not know 141 111 (78.7) 7.22 (4.51–11.73) <0.0001
Use of closed footwear
 Regularly 318 87 (27.3) Reference
 No/Occasionally 239 165 (69.0) 5.92 (4.03–8.71) <0.0001
Resting place
 Inside the house 299 60 (20.1) Reference
 Outside the house 258 192 (74.4) 11.58 (7.63–17.06) <0.0001
Use of soap for bathing
 Yes 496 203 (40.9) Reference
 No 61 49 (80.3) 5.89 (2.99–12.45) <0.0001
Type of prevention used
 Commercialized insecticides 53 5 (9.4) Reference
 Water/other/none 504 247 (49.0) 9.27 (3.59–30.10) <0.0001
Method of treatment used
 Treatment by paramedical personnel 85 14 (16.5) Reference
 Self-treatment* 326 203 (62.3) 8.36 (4.42–16.71) <0.0001
 None 146 35 (24.0) 1.6 (0.77–3.45) 0.24

*: manipulation of lesions with non-sterile perforation instruments (such as needles. thorns). as well as application of hot oil. herbs etc.