Table 2.
Characteristics of patients attending the clinics
| Variablesa | Ethiopia N = 504 | Nepal N = 619 | Nigeria N = 502 | Yemen N = 600 | All N = 2225 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alone: With company (% accompanied) | 129:373 (74) | 181:435 (70.3) | 320:177 (35.3) | 91:509 (84.8) | 721:1494 (67.1) | |
| Accompanying person | Spouse | 61 (16.4) | 62 (14.3) | 50 (28.2) | 51 (10) | 224 (15) |
| Other relative | 276 (74) | 336 (77.2) | 94 (53.1) | 439 (86.2) | 1145 (76.6) | |
| Friend | 13 (3.5) | 17 (3.9) | 19 (10.7) | 17 (3.3) | 66 (4.4) | |
| Neighbour | 7 (1.9) | 10 (2.3) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 18 (1.2) | |
| Other | 16 (4.3) | 9 (2.1) | 13 (7.3) | 2 (0.4) | 40 (2.7) | |
| Travel time, median (25–75 IQR), min | 45 (27–120) | 25 (15–30) | 45 (30–60) | 60 (30–150) | 40 (20–66) | |
| Transport day 1 | Walking | 67 (13.3) | 92 (14.9) | 12 (2.4) | 12 (2) | 183 (8.2) |
| Carried | 6 (1.2) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 8 (0.4) | |
| Bicycle | 14 (2.8) | 7 (1.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 21 (0.9) | |
| Cart/horse | 129 (25.6) | 5 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 4 (0.7) | 138 (6.2) | |
| Motorbike | 1 (0.2) | 104 (16.8) | 2 (0.4) | 3 (0.5) | 110 (4.9) | |
| Bus | 148 (29.4) | 303 (48.9) | 303 (60.4) | 127 (21.2) | 881 (39.6) | |
| Car | 33 (6.5) | 14 (2.3) | 76 (15.1) | 203 (33.8) | 326 (14.7) | |
| Taxi | 103 (20.4) | 83 (13.4) | 101 (20.1) | 250 (41.7) | 537 (24.1) | |
| Other | 1 (0.2) | 8 (1.3) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 11 (0.5) | |
| Transport day 2 | Walking | 118 (23.4) | 104 (16.8) | 13 (2.6) | 12 (2) | 247 (11.1) |
| Carried | 3 (0.6) | 2 (0.3) | 2 (0.4) | 1 (0.2) | 8 (0.4) | |
| Bicycle | 13 (2.6) | 9 (1.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 22 (1) | |
| Cart/horse | 181 (35.9) | 5 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 5 (0.8) | 191 (8.6) | |
| Motorbike | 1 (0.2) | 104 (16.8) | 1 (0.2) | 3 (0.5) | 109 (4.9) | |
| Bus | 44 (8.7) | 298 (48.1) | 309 (61.6) | 143 (23.8) | 794 (35.7) | |
| Taxi | 108 (21.4) | 72 (11.6) | 73 (14.5) | 327 (54.5) | 580 (26.1) | |
| Other | 5 (1) | 9 (1.5) | 38 (7.6) | 0 (0) | 52 (2.3) | |
| Accommodation | Home | 358 (71) | 267 (43.1) | 437 (87.1) | 407 (67.8) | 1469 (66) |
| Relative | 60 (11.9) | 282 (45.6) | 5 (1) | 123 (20.5) | 470 (21.1) | |
| Hotel | 66 (13.1) | 40 (6.5) | 0 (0) | 68 (11.3) | 174 (7.8) | |
| Street | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.1) | |
| Shift | 1 (0.2) | 6 (1.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 (0.3) | |
| Hospital | 15 (3.0) | 20 (3.2) | 54 (10.8) | 2 (0.3) | 91 (4.1) | |
aData are frequency (%), unless specified. Patients’ data missing for whether they attended with company (i10,) person accompanying (1), accommodation (11 and transport (18). Min = minutes. P values for all comparisons between countries < 0.05, except for accompanying person being the spouse (p = 0.26) and Being carried (p = 0.69)