Hygienic practices and diarrheal illness among persons living in at-risk settings in Kabul, Afghanistan: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Diarrheal illness and associated knowledge in study population, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2012

	IDP camp	Slum	P-value^a
Diarrhea in household in past 3 months
Yes	54 (54 %)	20 (20 %)	0.0020*
No	29 (29 %)	80 (80 %)
Not sure	17 (17 %)
Diarrhea characteristics
Mucus in diarrhea	22 (41 %)	2 (10 %)
Blood in diarrhea	15 (28 %)	2 (10 %)
Worms in diarrhea	41 (76 %)	12 (60 %)
Normal stool	13 (24 %)	13 (65 %)
Give ORS to child with diarrhea^b
Yes	27 (50 %)	17 (85 %)
No	16 (16 %)	0 (0 %)
Not sure	11 (11 %)	3 (3 %)
Consult doctor during episode of diarrhea
Yes	47 (47 %)	75 (75 %)	0.0033*
No	41 (41 %)	20 (20 %)
Not sure	12 (12 %)	5 (5 %)
Reasons for not consulting doctor^c
No access	18 (44 %)	12 (60 %)
Do not have resources	17 (41 %)	8 (40 %)
Other	6 (15 %)	0 (0 %)
Knowledge that diarrhea can be fatal
Yes	32 (32 %)	67 (67 %)	0.0020*
No	28 (28 %)	17 (17 %)
Not sure	40 (40 %)	16 (16 %)

Notes
IDP internally-displaced person
*P < 0.05
^aAdjusted for multiple testing (for statistical tests in Tables 1, 2, and 3 together) with the Holm-Bonferroni method
^bAmong respondents who answered that there was an episode of diarrhea in household
^cAmong respondents who do not consult doctor during episode of diarrhea

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