Table 3.
Reported categories of distress for respondents with pre-ulcers and ulcers
| Categories of distress | Pre-ulcers, N = 15 | Ulcers, N = 166 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Total % |
Spon. % |
Most important % |
Mean Prominence |
Total % |
Spon. % |
Most important % |
Mean Prominence |
P-values |
||
|
Physical problems |
80.0 |
60.0 |
13.3 |
1.80 |
98.2 |
94.6 |
46.4 |
3.32 |
*** |
||
| Fever |
26.7 |
13.3 |
0.0 |
0.40 |
28.9 |
9.6 |
0.6 |
0.40 |
|
||
| Pain |
66.7 |
46.7 |
6.7 |
1.33 |
86.8 |
72.3 |
14.5 |
2.02 |
* |
||
| Smell |
6.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.07 |
66.3 |
14.5 |
1.2 |
0.84 |
*** |
||
| Weight loss |
13.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.13 |
56.6 |
18.7 |
0.6 |
0.77 |
*** |
||
| Loss of appetite |
20.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.20 |
43.4 |
9.0 |
0.0 |
0.52 |
|
||
| Weakness |
26.7 |
6.7 |
0.0 |
0.33 |
37.4 |
8.4 |
0.0 |
0.46 |
|
||
| Problems with mobility and use of affected limbs |
40.0 |
13.3 |
6.7 |
0.73 |
83.1 |
68.7 |
29.5 |
2.40 |
*** |
||
| Condition is ugly |
13.3 |
6.7 |
0.0 |
0.20 |
41.6 |
3.6 |
0.0 |
0.45 |
* |
||
|
Social problems |
40.0 |
26.7 |
40.0 |
1.87 |
89.2 |
67.5 |
36.1 |
2.65 |
* |
||
| Rejection from family |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
19.3 |
2.4 |
0.0 |
0.22 |
|
||
| Rejection by friends / peers |
6.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.07 |
22.9 |
3.6 |
0.0 |
0.27 |
|
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| Disrupted education |
33.3 |
20.0 |
33.3 |
1.53 |
56.6 |
45.2 |
26.5 |
1.81 |
|
||
| Loss of income |
6.7 |
6.7 |
6.7 |
0.33 |
38.0 |
22.3 |
9.6 |
0.89 |
* |
||
|
Psychological /emotional |
86.7 |
20.0 |
46.7 |
2.47 |
78.9 |
28.9 |
16.3 |
1.57 |
|
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| Anxiety |
66.7 |
13.3 |
33.3 |
1.80 |
61.5 |
15.1 |
9.6 |
1.05 |
|
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| Fear of surgery |
20.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.20 |
18.7 |
3.6 |
1.8 |
0.28 |
|
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| Embarrassed about condition |
20.0 |
6.7 |
13.3 |
0.67 |
49.4 |
12.7 |
4.2 |
0.75 |
|
||
|
Miscellaneous |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
12.7 |
12.7 |
1.2 |
0.29 |
|
||
| Disrupted life and sleeplessness | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 1.2 | 0.29 | |||
Categories reported by less than 5% of respondents are not included in the table. Grouped categories (in bold) computed from responses. Columns indicate total reported responses in percentages, spontaneously reported responses in percentages and the mean prominence. Total reported values include combined spontaneous and probed responses. The mean prominence was based on assigned values to each reported category (3 = Most troubling distress, 2 = spontaneous response, 1 = probed response, 0 = not reported). The Wilcoxon ranksum test was used to compare means for pre-ulcers and ulcers (*p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01 ***, p ≤ 0.001).