Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study participants
| Control group (n = 26) |
Intervention group (n = 25) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | n (%) | Missing data n (%) | n (%) | Missing data n (%) | Total (N = 51) n (%) |
| Age, years, median [IQR] | 36.5 [36.0] | 2 (7.7) | 33.0 [18.0] | 0 | 38.1 [15.5] |
| Rooms in household, mean ± SD | 2.5 ± 0.9 | 0 | 2.6 ± 1.0 | 0 | 2.5 ± 0.9 |
| Adults in household, mean ± SD | 1.8 ± 0.4 | 2 (7.7) | 2.2 ± 0.6 | 1 (4.0) | 2.0 ± 0.5 |
| Children in household, median [IQR] | 1.5 [2.0] | 2 (7.7) | 2.0 [2.0] | 1 (4.0) | 1.9 [1.6] |
| Roof type | 0 | 0 | |||
| Corrugated iron | 21 (80.8) | 22 (88.0) | 43 (84.3) | ||
| Grass | 5 (19.2) | 3 (12.0) | 8 (15.7) | ||
| Window type | 2 (7.7) | 2 (8.0) | |||
| No window | 6 (25.0) | 2 (8.7) | 8 (17.0) | ||
| Space only | 10 (41.7) | 12 (52.2) | 22 (46.8) | ||
| Glass | 8 (33.3) | 9 (39.9) | 17 (36.2) | ||
| Water supply type | 0 | 0 | |||
| Communal pipe | 5 (19.2) | 7 (28.0) | 12 (23.5) | ||
| Well/bore hole | 8 (30.8) | 10 (40.0) | 18 (35.3) | ||
| River/other | 1 (3.8) | 0 | 1 (2.0) | ||
| Communal pipe and well or bore hole | 12 (46.2) | 8 (32.0) | 20 (39.2) | ||
| Owned by a member of the household | 0 | 0 | |||
| Car | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Motorcycle | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bicycle | 10 (38.5) | 11 (44.0) | 21 (41.2) | ||
| Radio | 7 (26.9) | 11 (44.0) | 18 (35.3) | ||
| Refrigerator | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Television | 1 (3.8) | 0 | 1 (2.0) | ||
| Telephone | 5 (19.2) | 7 (28.0) | 12 (23.5) | ||
| Computer | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
IQR = interquartile range; SD = standard deviation.