Table 3.
Factors associated with functional limitation in BUD patients
| Characteristics | Active infection n = 26 (%) |
Past infection n = 29 (%) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level of education* | 0.1 | ||
| None | 6 (26) | 6 (21) | |
| Primary and/or middle school | 17 (74) | 17 (60) | |
| Secondary and/or above | 0 (0) | 5 (18) | |
| Dominant side* | 0.08** | ||
| Right | 22 (96) | 22 (79) | |
| Left | 1 (4) | 6 (21) | |
| Pain* | 0.012** | ||
| Yes | 21 (91) | 15 (60) | |
| No | 2 (9) | 10 (40) | |
| When is your pain worse* | 0.17 | ||
| Day | 6 (26) | 6 (40) | |
| Night | 6 (26) | 1 (7) | |
| Same all the time | 11 (48) | 8 (53) | |
| Ulcer* | 0 | ||
| Yes | 20 (91) | 2 (9) | |
| No | 2 (9) | 21 (91) | |
| Scar is dry* | 0 | ||
| Yes | 1 (6) | 21 (84) | |
| No | 15 (94) | 4 (16) | |
| Sticking / adhering scar* | 0.25 | ||
| Yes | 4 (25) | 2 (8) | |
| No | 12 (75) | 23 (92) | |
*Variable contains missing data; **P < 0.05, BUD Buruli ulcer disease