Table 3. Use of healthcare services and associated costs, money borrowing and daily activities over the past year by people with confirmed mycetoma (n = 359).
| Activity | Number of users n (%) |
Paid for services n (%) |
Cost, SDG mean (min-max), |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contacts with healthcare specialists | 83 (23.1) | 60 (16.7) | 7,271 (5–100,000) |
| doctor | 75 (20.9 | ||
| medical assistant | 7 (1.9) | ||
| nurse | 1 (0.3) | ||
| no contact | 276 (76.9) | N/A | N/A |
| Travel to healthcare specialists | 64 (17.8) | 53 (14.8) | 1,086 (2–10,000) |
| Hospital admissions | 21 (5.8) | 18 (5.0) | 8,182 (250–29,000) |
| Medication | 14 (3.9) | 14 (3.9) | 9,369 (60–50,000) |
| Contacts with traditional healers | 38 (10.6) | 25 (7.0) | 1,048 (10–5,000) |
| Borrowed money | 28 (7.8) | N/A | 4,814 (250–30,000) |
| Daily activities | |||
| number of people with reduced activities | 53 (14.8) | N/A | N/A |
| number of people required help | 37 (10.3) | N/A | N/A |
| number of people helped by children | 19 (5.3) | N/A | N/A |
| number of days completely unable to work, mean (min-max) |
73 (1–365) | N/A | 1,513 (21–5,100) |
| number of days required help, mean (min-max) |
65 (1–365) | N/A | 1,348 (21–5,100) |
Costs are rounded to the nearest Sudanese pound (SDG)