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. 2012 Sep 4;7(9):e39746. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039746

Table 4. Chronic Cough Survey: Care seeking, Delay, Referral by storekeepers.

Intervention Group 2003 Intervention Group 2006 Comparison Group 2003 Comparison Group 2006
Sample size 356 347 184 108
Proportion who visited grocery shops first for medication 56% (CI:50.2–61.9) 75.5% (CI:68.3–81.6) 60% (CI:54.3–68.4%) 66.7% (CI: 52.4–78.5)
Number (% and 95% Confidence Intervals) visiting grocery shops given advice and referred 1 (0.3%) CI:0–3.11% 147 (42.4%) CI: 37.1–47.8% 1 (0.54%) CI: 0–5.9% 3 (2.8%) CI:0.3–12.5%
Number (% and 95% Confidence Intervals) seeking care from public health facility at one point of pathway 65 (18.3%) CI:14–22.2% 317 (91.4%) CI: 88.7–94.6% 44 (23.9%) CI: 17.5–30.4% 55 (50.9%) CI:37.1–64.6%
Mean delay (weeks) (Standard Deviation (SD)) 8.43 (SD 10.5) 2.14 (SD 5.9) 9.33 (SD 14.5) 8.79 (SD 15.1)
Number (% and 95% Confidence Intervals) of patients who submitted sputum during first visit to a health facility 1/65 (1.5% CI:0.04–8.3%) 37/317 (11.6% CI: 7.3–18%) 0/44 0.0% 3/55 (5.5% CI:0.3–12.5%)
Number (% and 95% Confidence Intervals) of chronic cough cases who started TB treatment 0/356 14/347 (4.0% CI: 1.8–8.5%) 0/184 0.0% 2/108 (1.9% CI:0.09–11.2%)
Generalise Linear Model results- Effect of intervention on delay
Coefficient Robust Standard Error Z P>|z| Confidence Interval
1.42 0.58 2.46 0.01 0.29 to 2.55
After adjusting for age, activity for livelihood
1.18 0.65 1.81 0.07 −0.096 to 2.46