Table 2.
Participants living conditions stratified by intervention (n = 200).
| Variables | Intervention arm (n = 100) |
Control arm (n = 100) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Living conditions (household crowding) ≥ 2 people per room | Yes | 54 (54%) | 61 (61%) | 0.317 |
| No | 46 (46%) | 39 (39%) | ||
| Patient living in last 6 months | Jeddah | 95 (95%) | 100 (100%) | 0.274 |
| Outside Jeddah | 5 (5%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| Expected source of infection | Unknown | 65 (65%) | 87 (87%) | 0.027 |
| Prison mate | 6 (6%) | 3 (3%) | ||
| Neighbor | 2 (2%) | 1 (1%) | ||
| Hospital | 2 (2%) | 1 (1%) | ||
| Family member /friends | 18 (18%) | 5 (5%) | ||
| Work place | 6 (6%) | 2 (2%) | ||
| Sheesha cafe | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | ||
| First contact with the source | Unknown | 65 (65%) | 87 (87%) | <0.001 |
| <5 months | 18 (18%) | 3 (3%) | ||
| 5 months to 1 year | 7 (7%) | 8 (8%) | ||
| More than 1 year | 10 (10%) | 2 (2%) | ||
| Residence/ Presence in crowded places | Yes | 15 (15%) | 11 (11%) | 0.400 |
| No | 85 (85%) | 89 (89%) | ||
| Work in crowded places | Yes | 23 (23%) | 12 (12%) | 0.041 |
| No | 77 (77%) | 88 (88%) | ||
| Shop in crowded places | Yes | 6 (6%) | 9 (9%) | 0.421 |
| No | 94 (94%) | 91 (91%) | ||
| Open windows regularly | Yes | 87 (87%) | 86 (86%) | 0.836 |
| No | 13 (13%) | 14 (14%) | ||
| Sun exposure | Yes | 87 (87%) | 89 (89%) | 0.663 |
| No | 13 (13%) | 11(11%) | ||