Table 1. Characteristics of the 376 dog bite study participants stratified by district of bite event.
| Characteristics | Frequency | Wakiso | Kampala | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 190 (50.5%) | N = 186 (49.5%) | |||
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 201 (53.5) | 97 (51.1) | 104 (55.9) | |
| Female | 175 (46.5) | 93 (48.9) | 82 (44.1) | 0.345 |
| Age | ||||
| ≤15 years | 173 (46.0) | 85 (44.7) | 88 (47.3) | |
| ˃15 years | 203 (54.0) | 105 (55.3) | 98 (52.7) | 0.616 |
| Hospital to which patients reported for care* | ||||
| Entebbe (Wakiso) | 110 (29.3) | 72 (37.9) | 38 (20.4) | |
| Mulago (Kampala) | 266 (70.7) | 118 (62.1) | 148 (79.6) | ≤0.001** |
| Religion | ||||
| Christian | 301 (80.1) | 159 (83.7) | 142 (76.3) | |
| Non-Christian | 75 (19.9) | 31 (16.3) | 44 (23.7) | 0.145 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Not in union | 285 (75.8) | 137 (72.1) | 148 (79.6) | |
| In union | 91 (24.2) | 53 (27.9) | 38 (20.4) | 0.091 |
| Highest education level | ||||
| No formal education | 52 (13.8) | 26 (13.8) | 26 (13.9) | |
| Primary | 160 (42.7) | 76 (40.2) | 84 (45.2) | |
| Secondary and above | 163 (43.5) | 87 (46.0) | 76 (40.9) | 0.572 |
| Household size | ||||
| ≤4 | 176 (46.7) | 81 (45.3) | 95 (52.2) | |
| 5–8 | 161 (44.6) | 84 (46.9) | 77 (42.3) | |
| ≤9 | 24 (6.7) | 14 (7.8) | 10 (5.5) | 0.357 |
| Teens at home | ||||
| No | 188 (50.0) | 97 (51.1) | 91 (48.9) | |
| Yes | 188 (50.0) | 93 (48.9) | 95 (51.1) | 0.680 |
| Employment status | ||||
| No | 181 (48.1) | 89 (46.8) | 92 (49.5) | |
| Yes | 195 (51.9) | 101 (53.2) | 94 (50.5) | 0.611 |
| Current dog ownership | ||||
| No | 334 (88.8) | 165 (86.8) | 25 (13.2) | |
| Yes | 42 (11.2) | 169 (90.9) | 17 (9.1) | 0.216 |
| Immunised against rabies | ||||
| No | 357 (94.9) | 183 (96.3) | 174 (93.6) | |
| Yes | 19 (5.1) | 7 (3.7) | 12 (6.4) | 0.221 |
| Get dog information | ||||
| No | 105 (27.9) | 50 (26.3) | 55 (29.6) | |
| Yes | 271 (72.1) | 140 (73.7) | 131 (70.4) | 0.482 |
| Socio-economic status | ||||
| Lower | 197 (52.5) | 95 (50.2) | 102 (54.8) | |
| Middle | 62 (16.5) | 33 (17.5) | 29 (15.6) | |
| Upper | 116 (31.0) | 61 (32.3) | 55 (29.6) | 0.673 |
| Believed a dog could bite them | ||||
| No | 313 (83.2) | 150 (78.9) | 163 (87.6) | |
| Yes | 63 (16.8) | 40 (21.1) | 23 (12.4) | 0.024** |
*Hospitals from which the patients sought PEP include Entebbe General Referral Hospital (in Wakiso district) and Mulago National Referral Hospital (in Kampala City)
**statistical significance at p≤0.05