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. 2012 Jul 18;7(7):e40404. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040404

Table 1. Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Study Population.

Clinical and Demographic information Overall (n = 241) %
Age - years (median - IQR) 27 IQR 22–37
Gender - male 202 83.8
Have you been in a developing country in the last year? 41 17.1
What country?
- Latin America/Caribbean 23 55.2
- Middle East 17 40.8
- Other 1 2.4
Diarrhea or vomiting in the last two weeks? 67 27.8
Duration of diarrhea or vomiting? (days) 3 IQR 2–4
Fever 5 8.2
Blood in Stool 1 1.0
Abdominal Pain 30 49.2
Dehydration 14 23.0
Nausea 17 27.9
Headache 20 32.8
Present at sick call due to diarrhea or vomiting? 38 62.3
Stop or signifcantly reduce work at least one day? 9 14.8
how many days miss work?
- one day 5 55.5
- two days 4 44.4
Receive IV fluids? 4 6.6
Receive antibiotics? 35 57.4
Antibiotic self-medication? 4 6.6
Preventive Medicine Information before Deployment 85 35.3
Method of Delivery
- paper-based 25 29.1
- Lecture 39 45.4
- online training 6 6.9
- other 7 8.1
Topics covered in training
- Malaria 64 74.4
- dengue 33 38.3
- diarrhea 51 59.3
- injuries 40 46.5
- healthcare access 33 38.4
- insurance 11 12.8
- personal hygiene 62 72.1
- other 7 8.1