Table 1.
The 2014 therapeutic coverage survey according to the characteristics of participants in each health district
| Bafia HD | Foumbot-Massangam HD | Yabassi HD | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % (95% CI) | P | n | % (95% CI) | P | n | % (95% CI) | P | ||
| Gender | 0.74 | 0.80 | 0.54 | |||||||
| Female | 531 | 60.6 (47.8–72.1) | 646 | 65.6 (55.0–74.9) | 337 | 66.0 (56.8–74.2) | ||||
| Male | 496 | 61.6 (46.9–74.4) | 594 | 66.5 (51.4–78.8) | 305 | 64.0 (53.2–73.6) | ||||
| Age category (years) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||||||
| 0–4 | 82 | Non-eligible | 149 | Non-eligible | 57 | Non-eligible | ||||
| 5–9 | 152 | 60.5 (44.1–74.7) | 194 | 67.6 (51.8–80.2) | 55 | 68.9 (57.0–78.7) | ||||
| 10–19 | 245 | 66.9 (49.2–80.9) | 320 | 75.9 (57.8–87.9) | 137 | 75.9 (65.2–84.1) | ||||
| 20–29 | 160 | 63.1 (45.8–77.5) | 193 | 78.5 (63.5–88.4) | 123 | 69.6 (55.5–80.7) | ||||
| 30–39 | 126 | 73.8 (58.6–84.8) | 153 | 74.3 (58.3–85.7) | 89 | 70.6 (58.5–80.4) | ||||
| 40–49 | 105 | 77.1 (63.4–86.8) | 103 | 87.4 (74.4–94.3) | 74 | 74.3 (58.9–85.4) | ||||
| 50–59 | 71 | 83.2 (62.8–93.6) | 76 | 86.9 (70.7–94.8) | 56 | 64.4 (46.8–78.9) | ||||
| 60+ | 86 | 78.8 (63.7–88.7) | 52 | 80.2 (53.3–93.5) | 51 | 79.8 (66.7–88.7) | ||||
| Participants according to the profession of the head of household | 0.21 | 0.005 | 0.14 | |||||||
| Civil servant | 99 | 51.1 (35.5–66.5) | 134 | 74.3 (61.9–83.7) | 67 | 75.4 (56.7–87.8) | ||||
| Private sector worker | 27 | 72.0 (47.3–88.0) | 37 | 93.4 (80.8–98.0) | 19 | 84.3 (69.6–95.4) | ||||
| Farmer | 611 | 65.4 (49.7–78.3) | 603 | 63.5 (46.5–77.7) | 240 | 59.2 (44.7–72.2) | ||||
| Trader | 72 | 65.4 (40.8–83.8) | 136 | 84.0 (77.3–88.9) | 30 | 80.8 (66.9–89.8) | ||||
| Unskilled worker | 52 | 61.2 (32.4–83.8) | 106 | 47.8 (24.3–72.4) | 89 | 70.9 (52.9–84.0) | ||||
| Jobless | 163 | 46.7 (28.2–66.1) | 219 | 62.1 (54.0–69.5) | 190 | 61.1 (47.4–73.2) | ||||
| Participants according to the educational level of the head of household | 0.28 | 0.09 | 0.59 | |||||||
| Never attended school | 83 | 76.6 (49.6–91.6) | 83 | 52.8 (26.2–77.9) | 45 | 52.7 (21.5–81.9) | ||||
| Primary school | 422 | 60.4 (43.8–74.9) | 572 | 69.0 (54.8–80.4) | 243 | 64.1 (51.6–75.0) | ||||
| Secondary school | 469 | 60.8 (45.1–74.6) | 540 | 62.7 (50.0–73.8) | 299 | 66.1 (56.5–74.5) | ||||
| University | 51 | 48.2 (28.7–68.2) | 45 | 93.7 (61.0–99.3) | 52 | 74.0 (53.5–87.6) | ||||
| History of side effects during past treatments | 0.23 | 0.97 | 0.045 | |||||||
| No | 935 | 63.5 (48.8–76.0) | 1174 | 67.5 (54.1–78.5) | 550 | 65.1 (54.3–74.5) | ||||
| Yes | 59 | 51.1 (29.7–72.1) | 32 | 67.9 (39.8–87.1) | 72 | 80.4 (65.6–89.8) | ||||
| Perception of the risk to catch onchocerciasis | 0.54 | 0.005 | 0.50 | |||||||
| No | 266 | 66.6 (47.9–81.3) | 376 | 81.2 (73.9–86.8) | 134 | 61.0 (47.2–73.2) | ||||
| Yes | 757 | 59.4 (43.0–74.0) | 859 | 59.7 (44.0–73.6) | 508 | 66.2 (55.5–75.4) | ||||
| Involvement of parents in CDTI | 0.006 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||||||
| High | 51 | 93.0 (75.8–98.3) | 109 | 94.4 (86.1–97.9) | 18 | 88.6 (69.5–96.4) | ||||
| Average | 91 | 66.0 (47.8–80.4) | 193 | 84.3 (74.7–90.8) | 79 | 88.5 (76.2–94.9) | ||||
| Low | 885 | 58.9 (44.7–71.8) | 938 | 59.6 (45.6–72.1) | 545 | 61.0 (51.2–69.9) | ||||
| General therapeutic coverage | 1027 | 61.1 (47.7–73.0) | 1240 | 66.0 (53.6–76.6) | 642 | 65.1 (55.8–73.4) | 0.76* | |||
Abbreviations: HD health district, CDTI community-directed treatment with ivermectin; In bold: P-value <5%; *P-value of the comparison between the three HDs