Table 1.
Distribution of diarrhoeal symptoms for days with and without k'echalera at baseline and in a post-intervention study
| Symptom | Pre-intervention (819 children) | Post-intervention (725 children) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Days without k'echalera | Days with k'echalera | Days with k'echalera | |
| (n=4,071*) | (n=281*) | (n=4,412*) | |
| No. of stools in the last 24 hours: median (Q1; Q3) | 1 (1; 2) | 3 (2; 3) | 3 (2; 4) |
| Stool consistency: no.* (%) | |||
| Liquid (water) | 142 (3.5) | 102 (36.3) | 2021 (45.8) |
| Liquid (api†) | 76 (1.9) | 48 (17.8) | 931 (21.1) |
| Semi-liquid (arrope‡) | 186 (4.6) | 62 (22.1) | 912 (20.7) |
| Intermediate (milk-rice) | 177 (4.4) | 14 (4.9) | 249 (5.6) |
| Watery stool: total | 581 (14.3) | 228 (81.1) | 4113 (93.2) |
| Semi-solid (mashed potatoes) | 865 (21.3) | 24 (8.5) | 102 (2.3) |
| Solid (sausage) | 1975 (48.5) | 16 (5.7) | 6 (0.14) |
| Solid or semi-solid: total | 2840 (69.8) | 40 (14.2) | 108 (2.5) |
| Other | 1 (0.02) | 1 (0.4) | 78 (1.8) |
| Do not know | 649 (15.9) | 12 (4.3) | 113 (2.6) |
| Blood in stool: no.* (%) | 51 (1.25) | 39 (13.9) | 666 (15.1) |
| Mucus in stool: no.* (%) | 231 (5.7) | 97 (34.5) | 1965 (44.5) |
Pre-intervention data represent once-a-week data. Post-intervention data represent daily data (symptom data collected only when k'echalera was reported).
* Number of person-days of observations;
†Api: a non-alcoholic thick corn-drink;
‡Arrope: a non-alcoholic beverage, a quite thick sweet syrup, produced by adding water to Prosopis flour (borra)