Table 7 Symptoms and contacts to health care providers. Data are provided for 459 travelers as numbers and percentages separately for the period during travel, on return, and one month after it
From: Travelers’ health problems and behavior: prospective study with post-travel follow-up
During journey, N | Ongoing or started on arrival, N | Newly onset during follow-up, N | |
|---|---|---|---|
N/459 (%a) | N/453 (%a) | N/233 (%a) | |
Any symptom | 351 (76) | 113 (25) | 74 (32) |
travelers' diarrhea | 312 (68) | 78 (17) | 5 (2) |
skin problem b | 78 (17) | 2 (0) | 9 (4) |
fever >37,5 °C | 74 (16) | 6 (1) | 20 (9) |
vomiting | 55 (12) | 2 (0) | 1 (0) |
respiratory tract infection | 26 (6) | 17 (4) | 9 (4) |
urinary tract infection | 17 (4) | 1 (0) | 4 (2) |
ear infection | 5 (1) | 4 (1) | 1 (0) |
other gastrointestinal symptoms | 19 (4) | 2 (0) | 4 (2) |
other symptoms | 16 (3) | 6 (1) | 40 (17) |
Contacts to health care | 47 (10) | 1 (0) | 50 (21) |
Outpatient contact with health care c | 44 (10) | 1 (0) | 46 (20) |
travelers’ diarrhea | 20 (4) | 0 (0) | 16 (7) |
skin problem d | 9 (2) | 0 (0) | 5 (2) |
respiratory tract infection | 8 (2) | 0 (0) | 5 (2) |
ear infection | 4 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (0) |
malaria / suspected malaria | 3 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
musculosceletal problem | 2 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (3) |
urinary tract infection | 2 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (1) |
other reason | 3 (1) | 1 (0) | 11 (5) |
Inpatient (hospitalization) | 3 (1) | 0 (0) | 4 (2) |
travelers’ diarrhea | 2 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0) |
fever >37,5 °C | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0) |
respiratory tract infection | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0) |
suspected malaria | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0) |
other reason | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |