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. 2017 Sep 5;11(9):e0005890. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005890

Table 1. Study profile in Fulbaria, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

Statement Interventions Overall
IRS LLIN KOTAB OUT IRS+LLIN IRS+KOTAB IRS+OUT LLIN+OUT KOTAB+OUT Control
Number of cluster 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 60
Number of households, M 295 306 317 316 320 300 302 308 314 301 3079
Number of total population, N 1341 1398 1336 1370 1401 1236 1363 1326 1325 1310 13,406
Female, % N 49.2 50.4 48.7 50.6 49.1 48.4 49.6 50.1 49.1 48.2 49.4
Child (<17 years) % N 39.1 40.0 38.1 37.7 40.3 39.2 42.6 38.5 38.8 41.6 39.6
Past history of VL % N 4.1 4.2 4.5 5.8 5.7 3.6 5.0 4.1 4.2 3.7 4.5
Past history of PKDL % N 0.6 0.8 0.1 0.1 1.4 0.6 0.4 0.9 0.3 1.1 0.6
Cattle shed; % M 56.6 62.7 63.7 62.0 55.0 59.0 59.3 69.5 58.0 53.5 60.0
Bed-net available in house, % M 98.6 100 100 99.1 99.4 99.0 99.0 100 98.4 97.7 99.1
Number of bed-net in house, mean (SD) 2.08 (1.01) 3.48 (1.81) 1.96 (0.85) 1.96 (0.96) 2.79 (1.6) 1.94 (0.91) 1.96 (1.01) 3.17 (1.68) 1.92 (0.85) 2.02 (1.09) 2.33 (1.35)
Family member sleep in the main bed room, mean (SD) 3.98 (1.62) 3.87 (1.5) 3.95 (1.67) 3.71 (1.51) 3.82 (1.51) 3.84 (1.37) 4.06 (1.61) 3.73 (1.43) 3.56 (1.5) 3.89 (1.54) 3.84 (1.53)
Precarious house wall, % M 21.7 29.4 33.1 19.0 34.4 18.0 25.2 42.5 43.6 30.6 29.8
Cracks in wall, % M 11.5 17.6 18.3 17.1 19.4 7.0 15.9 16.2 15.3 11.6 15.1
Socio economic status
Low % M 53.6 36.6 26.8 39.2 18.1 38.0 29.1 34.1 23.2 37.2 33.4
Medium % M 25.4 33.0 36.3 31.6 35.3 27.7 29.5 30.8 31.2 24.9 30.7
High % M 21.0 30.4 36.9 29.1 46.6 34.3 41.4 35.1 45.5 37.9 35.9

Intervention: Indoor residual spraying (IRS), Long lasting insecticide impregnated bed-net (LLIN), Local nets impregnated with slow release insecticide tablets K-O TAB 1-2-3 (KOTAB), Possible sand fly breeding places around house sprayed with chlorpyrifos (OUT), control = no intervention provided