Treatment seeking behaviour in intervention and comparison communities in patients reporting genital ulcers and genital discharge syndromes during the past 2 years*
| Intervention No (%) | Comparison No (%) | RR† | (95% CI) | p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *For patients with discharge (and any symptom), data missing for one woman and two men in intervention communities, and for one woman in comparison communities. | |||||
| †Relative risks (RR) adjusted for cluster design. | |||||
| ‡The RR for the treatment seeking behaviour of women with ulcers could only be calculated for five community pairs rather than six, because of small numbers in one pair. | |||||
| Discharge: | |||||
| Women | |||||
| Health facility | 81 (50) | 95 (43) | 1.21 | 0.68–2.15 | 0.429 |
| Other | 38 (24) | 65 (29) | |||
| No treatment | 41 (26) | 61 (28) | |||
| Total | 160 | 221 | |||
| Men | |||||
| Health facility | 102 (48) | 107 (36) | 1.79 | 0.71–4.51 | 0.154 |
| Other | 82 (39) | 128 (43) | |||
| No treatment | 28 (13) | 61 (21) | |||
| Total | 212 | 296 | |||
| Both sexes | |||||
| Health facility | 183 (49) | 202 (39) | 1.37 | 0.86–2.18 | 0.152 |
| Other | 120 (32) | 193 (37) | |||
| No treatment | 69 (19) | 122 (24) | |||
| Total | 372 | 517 | |||
| Ulcer: | |||||
| Women‡ | |||||
| Health facility | 23 (59) | 11 (31) | 1.99 | 1.35–2.95 | 0.007 |
| Other | 11 (28) | 13 (37) | |||
| No treatment | 5 (13) | 11 (31) | |||
| Total | 39 | 35 | |||
| Men | |||||
| Health facility | 43 (56) | 35 (44) | 1.25 | 0.72–2.17 | 0.284 |
| Other | 18 (23) | 33 (42) | |||
| No treatment | 16 (21) | 11 (14) | |||
| Total | 77 | 79 | |||
| Both sexes | |||||
| Health facility | 66 (57) | 46 (40) | 1.43 | 1.01– 2.02 | 0.043 |
| Other | 29 (25) | 46 (40) | |||
| No treatment | 21 (18) | 22 (20) | |||
| Total | 116 | 114 | |||
| Any symptom: | |||||
| Women | |||||
| Health facility | 98 (51) | 100 (41) | 1.27 | 0.78–2.05 | 0.250 |
| Other | 48 (25) | 76 (31) | |||
| No treatment | 45 (24) | 66 (27) | |||
| Total | 191 | 242 | |||
| Men | |||||
| Health facility | 132 (51) | 129 (37) | 1.61 | 0.79–3.31 | 0.120 |
| Other | 92 (35) | 150 (44) | |||
| No treatment | 37 (14) | 64 (19) | |||
| Total | 261 | 343 | |||
| Both sexes | |||||
| Health facility | 230 (51) | 229 (39) | 1.39 | 0.93–2.09 | 0.088 |
| Other | 140 (31) | 226 (39) | |||
| No treatment | 82 (18) | 130 (22) | |||
| Total | 452 | 585 | |||