Table 2.
Pile sorting of perceptions given by tinea patients into themes
| Pile number | Theme | Perception of respondents regarding tinea | Reasons for grouping |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Prevention and role of personal hygiene | 1. Washing of clothes with soap and antiseptics prevent disease | Directly related to personal hygiene and prevention of disease |
| 2. Drying the clothes under sun prevent disease | |||
| 3. Cleaning rooms with antiseptics prevents disease | |||
| 4. Changing clothes twice is enough to prevent disease | |||
| 5. Changing clothes only if it gets wet | |||
| 6. Sharing clothes should be avoided | |||
| 7. Have to use/share/reuse clothed sanitary napkins during menstruation due to limited resources | |||
| 8. Not taking regular bath predisposes tinea | |||
| 2 | Traditional belief | Earthen wall and floor smearing with cow-dung prevents disease | Directly related to traditional belief of the respondents. |
| Bathing with neem leaves prevents disease | |||
| Do not change the amulet, sacred thread even after bathing or when gets wet | |||
| 3. | Ignorance about the disease | 1. Caused due to treatment of concurrent illnesses (leprosy and MDT; acidity and proton pump inhibitor) | Directly related to lack of knowledge and awareness gap of the patients |
| 2. Sharing the same soap/toiletries/towel does not have influence | |||
| 4. | Understanding the predisposing factors of disease | 1. Bathing in ponds, using mustard oil spreads the disease | Directly related to factors responsible for development of disease |
| 2. Conjugal life spreads the disease | |||
| 3. Working for more than 5-6 hours, under sun, playing outdoors, household job, synthetic clothing all lead to more sweating and cause tinea | |||
| 4. Staying in wet clothes causes tinea | |||
| 5. Not changing undergarments for prolonged time spreads disease | |||
| 6. Treatment interruption due to concurrent pregnancy | |||
| 7. Diabetes cause tinea | |||
| 5. | Care seeking behaviour | 1. Visit unqualified doctors/quack doctors as they have faith in them and words of mouth | Directly related to care seeking behaviour of patients. |
| 2. Depends on OTC drugs due to limited resources | |||
| 3. Getting treated by dermatologist is costly and medicines are expensive | |||
| 3. Frustration due to recurrence of disease despite spending lot of money | |||
| 4. Attended Govt. hospital as free treatment is given |