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Table 3 Number (%) of children reporting moderate or extreme problems on the EQ-5D questionnaire, stratified by helminth infection and school.

From: Self-rated quality of life and school performance in relation to helminth infections: case study from Yunnan, People's Republic of China

  

Dimension

  

Mobility

Self-care

Usual activities

Pain or discomfort

Anxiety or depression

Any dimension

Parasite

Obs.

N (%)

OR (95% CI)

N (%)

OR (95% CI)

N (%)

OR (95% CI)

N (%)

OR (95% CI)

N (%)

OR (95% CI)

N (%)

OR (95% CI)

A. lumbricoides

             

   Bulangshan

             

Non-infected

48

11 (23)

 

3 (6)

 

20 (42)

 

39 (81)

 

29 (60)

 

41 (85)

 

Infected

101

28 (28)

1.3 (0.6, 2.9)

10 (10)

1.6 (0.4, 6.3)

53 (52)

1.5 (0.8, 3.1)

69 (68)

0.5 (0.2, 1.1)

52 (51)

0.7 (0.3, 1.4)

90 (89)

1.4 (0.5, 3.9)

   Pu'er

             

Non-infected

89

3 (3)

 

3 (4)

 

36 (40)

 

53 (60)

 

59 (66)

 

74 (83)

 

Infected

9

1 (11)

3.6 (0.3, 38.6)

0 (0)

n.a.

3 (33)

0.74 (0.2, 3.1)

7 (78)

2.4 (0.5, 12.1)

8 (89)

4.1 (0.5, 34.1)

9 (100)

n.a.

Hookworm

             

   Bulangshan

             

Non-infected

36

10 (28)

 

3 (8)

 

20 (56)

 

29 (81)

 

20 (56)

 

32 (89)

 

Infected

118

29 (26)

0.9 (0.4, 2.1)

10 (9)

1.0 (0.3, 4.1)

53 (47)

0.7 (0.3, 1.5)

79 (70)

0.6 (0.2, 1.4)

61 (54)

0.9 (0.4, 2.0)

99 (87)

0.9 (0.3, 2.9)

   Pu'er

             

Non-infected

67

3 (4)

 

2 (3)

 

20 (30)

 

37 (55)

 

43 (64)

 

55 (82)

 

Infected

31

1 (3)

0.7 (0.1, 7.1)

1 (3)

1.1 (0.1, 12.4)

19 (61)

3.7 (1.5, 9.1)a

23 (74)

2.3 (0.9, 6.0)

24 (77)

1.9 (0.7, 5.1)

28 (90)

2.0 (0.5, 7.8)

T. trichiura

             

   Bulangshan

             

Non-infected

46

10 (22)

 

4 (9)

 

24 (52)

 

35 (76)

 

31 (67)

 

41 (89)

 

Infected

108

29 (26)

1.4 (0.6, 3.2)

9 (9)

1.0 (0.3, 3.4)

49 (47)

0.8 (0.4, 1.7)

73 (71)

0.8 (0.3, 1.7)

50 (49)

0.5 (0.2, 0.9)a

90 (87)

0.8 (0.3, 2.5)

   Pu'er

             

Non-infected

83

4 (5)

 

2 (2)

 

31 (37)

 

49 (59)

 

55 (66)

 

68 (82)

 

Infected

15

0 (0)

n.a.

1 (7)

2.9 (0.2, 34.1)

8 (53)

1.9 (0.6, 5.8)

11 (73)

1.9 (0.6, 6.5)

12 (80)

2.0 (0.5, 7.8)

15 (100)

n.a

  1. Odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) are presented. a Significant at P < 0.05 (χ2 test), n.a., not applicable