Table 4.

Baseline costs among the study participants, Anambra State (N = 48)

Type of cost	Participants reporting expenditure N (%)	Mean (SD) costs in US$	Cost (% of total)
Out-of-Pocket Costs
Fetching clean water for chores and self-care	14 (29.2)	2.71 (4.88)	3.1
Persons to assist with your work	8 (16.7)	3.02 (8.82)	3.5
Getting persons to care for your children	0 (0)	0 (0)	0
Transportation to clinic/doctor/traditional healer	32 (66.7)	7.36 (11.24)	8.5
Transportation costs to work/school	5 (10.4)	0.41 (1.94)	0.5
Transportation costs to/from market	7 (14.6)	0.99 (3.32)	1.1
Transportation costs to/from social events	12 (25)	1.37 (2.94)	1.6
Self-care materials (soap, clean clothing, etc)	30 (62.5)	3.19 (7.23)	3.7
Wound care materials	28 (58.3)	6.56 (9.33)	7.6
Traditional healers	18 (37.5)	44.74 (124.0)	51.7
Caregiver/helper	10 (20.8)	2.94 (6.65)	3.4
Painkillers (or analgesics)	34 (70.8)	9.72 (17.02)	11.2
Antibiotics	13 (27.1)	2.34 (5.70)	2.7
Antifungal	3 (6.3)	0.10 (0.45)	0.1
Special footwear / clothing	2 (4.2)	0.22 (1.08)	0.3
Mobility assistance / devices	3 (6.3)	0.87 (3.75)	1.0
Mean out-of-pocket costs		86.54 (134.22)
Earnings Loss
Mean (SD) income loss due to job change per month		10.80 (40.11)
Mean (SD) income loss due to inability to work in the previous month		27.58 (35.71)
Total mean earnings loss		38.38 (54.43)
Total Patient Costs		124.92
Caregiver Costs
Mean (SD) value in US$ of time lost to care for participant (hours 4.02)		1.46
Mean (SD) value in US$ of workdays lost to care for participant (2.1 days)		6.11
		7.57 (13.87)
Total Household Costs		132.49 (151.67)

1$US = N310 Naira