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 |