Table 3.
Number of symptom across age group, parishes, and type of health care system
| Sociodemographic factors | Number of symptoms
|
p-Value* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2, N (%) | 3–4, N (%) | 5–6, N (%) | 7–8, N (%) | 9–10, N (%) | ||
| Age, years | ||||||
| <2 (n=18) | 8 (44.44) | 7 (38.98) | 1 (5.56) | 1 (5.56) | 1 (5.56) | 0.0007 |
| 2–<15 (n=150) | 44 (29.33) | 60 (40.00) | 35 (23.33) | 8 (5.33) | 3 (2.00) | |
| 15–<45 (n=289) | 32 (11.07) | 125 (43.25) | 89 (30.80) | 35 (12.11) | 8 (2.77) | |
| 45–<65 (n=121) | 26 (21.49) | 54 (44.63) | 29 (23.97) | 11 (9.09) | 1 (0.83) | |
| ≥65 (n=28) | 4 (14.29) | 12 (42.86) | 10 (35.71) | 2 (7.14) | 0 (0.00) | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male (n=230) | 46 (20.00) | 103 (44.78) | 63 (27.39) | 13 (5.65) | 5 (2.17) | 0.18 |
| Female (n=379) | 68 (17.94) | 155 (40.90) | 103 (27.18) | 44 (11.61) | 9 (2.37) | |
| Parish | ||||||
| Hanover (n=220) | 44 (20.00) | 91 (41.36) | 65 (29.55) | 17 (7.73) | 3 (1.36) | 0.29 |
| St. James (n=264) | 52 (19.7) | 120 (45.45) | 57 (21.59) | 28 (10.61) | 7 2.65) | |
| Trelawny (n=48) | 9 (18.75) | 19 (39.58) | 14 (29.17) | 5 (10.42) | 1 (2.08) | |
| Westmoreland (77) | 9 (11.69) | 28 (36.36) | 30 (38.96) | 7 (9.09) | 3 (3.90) | |
| Type of health care | ||||||
| Hospital=1 (n=70) | 16 (22.86) | 29 (41.43) | 22 (31.43) | 2 (2.86) | 1 (1.43) | 0.07 |
| Clinic=2 (n=518) | 97 (18.73) | 222 (42.86) | 135 (26.06) | 51 (9.85) | 13 (2.51) | |
| Private practitioner (n=14) | 1 (7.14) | 3 (21.43) | 6 (42.86) | 4 (28.57) | 0 (0.00) | |
| Hospitalization | ||||||
| Yes (n=36) | 3 (8.33) | 12 (33.33) | 16 (44.44) | 3 (8.33) | 2 (5.56) | 0.06 |
| No (n=564) | 108 (19.15) | 243 (43.09) | 147 (26.06) | 54 (9.57) | 12 (2.13) | |
| Total | 114 (18.72) | 258 (42.36) | 166 (27.26) | 57 (9.36) | 14 (2.30) | |
Notes:
*
p-values were calculated using chi-square or Fisher’s exact test. The bold p-value is statistically significant (<0.05).