Table 3.
Prevalence (%) of economic consequences for COPD, hypertension, and comorbidity and coping mechanisms in rural and urban sites
| Economic crises and coping mechanisms |
Dhaka (urban) |
Matlab (rural) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COPD | HT | Comorbidity | COPD | HT | Comorbidity | |
| Faced some financial problems |
12.5** |
3.3 |
0.0 |
2.4 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
|
Coping mechanism
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Sold household assets |
1.1** |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
| Spent/reduced savings |
4.3** |
1.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
| Reduced expenditure on food |
6.5** |
1.2 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
| Borrowed money from relative/friend |
7.1** |
2.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Others |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| No. of patients (N) | 184 | 246 | 53 | 292 | 140 | 74 |
$Multiple responses were possible; **p < 0.01 (the prevalence compared between sites).