Table 1.
Variables | N | % | SD | Mean | Variables | N | % | Variables | N | % |
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Age | Dimension of wound | Appearance of wound | ||||||||
18–30 | 6 | 10.00 | 2.53 | 21.00 | 0–5 cm | 39 | 52.00 | Moist | 41 | 54.67 |
31–40 | 18 | 30.00 | 2.48 | 35.39 | 6–10 cm | 7 | 9.33 | Dry | 34 | 45.33 |
41–50 | 20 | 33.33 | 2.64 | 45.30 | > 15 cm | 29 | 38.67 | |||
51–60 | 16 | 26.67 | 3.24 | 54.88 | Participants with signs/symptoms of wounds (N = 55) | |||||
60 | 100.00 | 10.67 | 42.45 | |||||||
Age of wound (month) | Pain | |||||||||
Sex | < 1 | 13 | 17.33 | Yes | 38 | 69.09 | ||||
Male | 18 | 30.00 | 1–2 | 14 | 18.67 | No | 17 | 30.91 | ||
Female | 42 | 70.00 | 3–6 | 10 | 13.33 | |||||
> 7 | 38 | 50.67 | Swelling | |||||||
Yes | 30 | 54.55 | ||||||||
Marital status | Signs of infection | No | 25 | 45.45 | ||||||
Single | 50 | 83.33 | Yes | 55 | 73.33 | |||||
Married | 10 | 16.67 | No | 20 | 26.67 | Pus | ||||
Yes | 28 | 50.91 | ||||||||
Employment status | Leg staging | No | 27 | 49.09 | ||||||
Farming | 22 | 36.67 | I | 2 | 3.33 | |||||
Fishing | 18 | 30.00 | II | 10 | 16.67 | Redness | ||||
Unemployed | 20 | 33.33 | III | 22 | 36.67 | Yes | 26 | 47.27 | ||
IV | 9 | 15.00 | No | 29 | 52.73 | |||||
Cause of wound | V | 8 | 13.33 | |||||||
Underlying condition | 53 | 70.67 | VI | 8 | 13.33 | Smell | ||||
Trauma | 15 | 20.00 | VII | 1 | 1.67 | Yes | 29 | 52.73 | ||
Unknown | 7 | 9.33 | No | 26 | 47.27 |
Key: SD Standard deviation, M Mean, N Number of participants, % Percentage