Table III.
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) care among the participants those who felt urgent need of hospital visit during lockdown period (n=171)
| Challenge during COVID-19 for NCD care | Single NCD (n=112) | >1 NCD (n=59) | Mantel-Haenszel, Chi-square, P | ||
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| Urban (n=51), n (%) | Rural (n=61), n (%) | Urban (n=39), n (%) | Rural (n=20), n (%) | ||
| Face difficulty in doctor appointment | |||||
| Not at all | 14 (27) | 30 (49) | 19 (49) | 7 (35) | 0.392 |
| Somewhat | 21 (41) | 22 (36) | 13 (33) | 8 (40) | |
| Very much | 16 (32) | 9 (15) | 7 (18) | 5 (25) | |
| Face difficulty in getting medicine | |||||
| Not at all | 22 (43) | 33 (54) | 27 (69) | 8 (40) | 0.234 |
| Somewhat | 22 (43) | 20 (33) | 10 (26) | 11 (55) | |
| Very much | 7 (14) | 8 (13) | 2 (5) | 1 (5) | |
| Face difficulty in getting investigations | |||||
| Not at all | 15 (29) | 24 (39) | 5 (13) | 9 (45) | 0.305 |
| Somewhat | 20 (39) | 22 (36) | 7 (18) | 8 (40) | |
| Very much | 16 (31) | 15 (25) | 27 (69) | 3 (15) | |
| Feel difficulty in getting any day-care | |||||
| Not at all | 13 (25) | 32 (53) | 4 (10) | 7 (35) | 0.026 |
| Somewhat | 30 (59) | 13 (21) | 26 (67) | 7 (35) | |
| Very much | 8 (16) | 16 (26) | 9 (23) | 6 (30) | |
| Feel difficulty in emergency care | |||||
| Not at all | 20 (39) | 26 (42) | 22 (56) | 8 (40) | 0.264 |
| Somewhat | 19 (37) | 23 (38) | 12 (31) | 11 (55) | |
| Very much | 12 (24) | 12 (20) | 5 (13) | 1 (5) | |
| Feel difficulty in reaching the hospital | |||||
| Not at all | 22 (43) | 24 (39) | 20 (51) | 1 (5) | 0.256 |
| Somewhat | 18 (35) | 26 (43) | 16 (41) | 16 (80) | |
| Very much | 11 (22) | 11 (18) | 3 (8) | 3 (15) | |
| Experience delay in seeking care | |||||
| Not at all | 27 (53) | 36 (59) | 21 (54) | 8 (40) | 0.383 |
| Somewhat | 17 (33) | 17 (28) | 16 (41) | 8 (40) | |
| Very much | 7 (14) | 8 (13) | 2 (5) | 4 (20) | |