Table 1.
Carer's report of childhood illness in the preceding 2 weeks for all children at baseline and for children in the study cohort, and change in report of illness between baseline and follow-up
| Any illness†, n (%) | Skin infection (no scabies), n (%) | Scabies (with or without skin infection), n (%) | Respiratory infection, n (%) | Gastroenteritis, n (%) | Ear infection, n (%) | |
| Report ‘no illness’ at baseline (all children at baseline, n=618) | 223 (36.1) | 496 (80.3) | 512 (82.9) | 440 (71.2) | 429 (69.4) | 445 (72.0) |
| Report ‘no illness’ at baseline (cohort children only, n=418) | 152 (36.4) | 343 (82.1) | 342 (81.8) | 297 (71.1) | 278 (66.5)* | 297 (71.1) |
| For cohort children only: | ||||||
| Report ‘yes’ at baseline, ‘no’ at follow-up | 86 (20.6) | 53 (12.7) | 65 (15.6) | 80 (19.1) | 92 (22.0) | 58 (13.9) |
| Report ‘no’ at baseline, ‘no’ at follow-up | 64 (15.3) | 259 (62.0) | 306 (73.2) | 224 (53.6) | 231 (55.3) | 235 (56.2) |
| Report ‘no’ at baseline, ‘yes’ at follow-up | 88 (21.1) | 84 (20.1) | 36 (8.6) | 73 (17.5) | 47 (11.2) | 62 (14.8) |
| Report ‘yes’ at baseline, ‘yes’ at follow-up | 180 (43.1) | 22 (5.3) | 11 (2.6) | 41 (9.8) | 48 (11.5) | 63 (15.1) |
*
p=0.025, Fisher's exact test (children not followed up more likely to report no illness at baseline (75.5%) cf. children followed up (66.5%)).
†
Refers to report of any one of the five illnesses included in this table.