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. 2022 Oct 11;22:245. doi: 10.1186/s12866-022-02624-9

Table 1.

Sociodemography of participants

Variables N % SD Mean Variables N % Variables N %
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