. 2021 Jan 18;104(4):1596–1601. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1460

Table 2.

Health problems and seeking medical care with regard to different variables

	Seek medical care, n (%)		P-value	Any health problems, n (%)		P-value
	Yes	No	P-value	Yes	No	P-value
Gender
Male	11 (33.3)	22 (66.7)	0.70^*	34 (60.7)	22 (39.3)	0.59^*
Female	11 (37.9)	18 (62.1)	0.70^*	29 (65.9)	15 (34.1)	0.59^*
Age (years)
< 50	13 (32.5)	27 (67.5)	0.50^*	41 (68.3)	19 (31.7)	0.17^*
≥ 50	9 (40.9)	13 (59.1)	0.50^*	22 (55)	18 (45)	0.17^*
Health status
Previously healthy	15 (38.5)	24 (61.5)	0.52^*	39 (61.9)	24 (38.1)	0.76^*
Chronic illness^†	7 (30.4)	16 (69.6)	0.52^*	24 (64.9)	13 (35.1)	0.76^*
Prior counselling^‡
Yes	11 (25.6)	32 (74.4)	0.014^*	44 (69.8)	19 (30.2)	0.06^*
No	11 (57.9)	8 (64.5)	0.014^*	19 (51.4)	18 (48.6)	0.06^*
Prior vaccination
Yes	6 (40)	9 (60)	0.60^*	15 (55.6)	12 (44.4)	0.45^*
No	14 (32.6)	29 (67.4)	0.60^*	44 (63.8)	25 (36.2)	0.45^*

Bold indicates pilgrims who had prior counseling sought medical attention less than their counterparts who had no prior counseling (25.6% vs. 74.4, P = 0.014).

Chi-square test.

^†

Chronic illness = chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and malignancies.

^‡

Prior counseling—prior medical debriefing about the potential health hazards that may complicate the health pilgrimage.