Figure 1.

Cognitive Map with Two-dimensional scaling and hierarchical cluster analysis of perceptions among dermatophytosis patients. 1. Caused due to treatment of concurrent illnesses (leprosy and MDT; acidity and proton pump inhibitor) 2. Bathing in ponds, using mustard oil spreads the disease 3. Conjugal life spreads the disease 4. Working for more than 5-6 hours, under sun, playing outdoors, household job, synthetic clothing all lead to more sweating and cause tinea 5. Staying in wet clothes causes tinea 6. Not changing undergarments for prolonged time spreads disease 7. Washing of clothes with soap and antiseptics prevent disease 8. Drying the clothes under sun prevent disease 9. Cleaning rooms with antiseptics prevents disease 10. Earthen wall and floor smearing with cow-dung prevents disease 11. Bathing with neem leaves prevents disease 12. Sharing the same soap/toiletries/towel does not have influence 13. Changing clothes twice is enough to prevent disease 14. Changing clothes only if it gets wet 15. Sharing clothes should be avoided 16. Do not change the amulet, sacred thread even after bathing or when gets wet 17. Have to use/share/reuse clothed napkins during menstruation due to limited resources 18. Visit unqualified doctors/ quack doctors as they faith in them and words of mouth 19. Depends on OTC drugs due to limited resources 20. Getting treated by dermatologist is costly and medicines are expensive 21. Frustration due to recurrence of disease inspite of spending lot of money 22. Attended Govt. hospital as free treatment is given 23. Treatment interruption due to pregnancy 24. Diabetes cause tinea