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Table 1 Socio-demographic and study characteristics; Mean time (hours) per day spent on routine activities carried out not-during NTD Programme and during NTD Programme, and on NTD Programme activities according to descriptive characteristics for the 58 CDDs

From: A mixed methods approach to evaluating community drug distributor performance in the control of neglected tropical diseases

 

Number (%)

Routine activities

NTD Programme activities mean hours (95 % CI)

Not during-NTD Programme mean hours (95 % CI)

During-NTD Programme mean hours (95 % CI)

Overall

58 (100)

16.87 (16.67–17.06)

12.50 (11.97–13.04)

105.99 (83.80–128.19)

Gender

   

 women

18 (31.03)

16.89 (16.47–17.30)

12.43 (11.13–13.72)

88.01 (59.30–116.73)

 men

40 (68.97)

16.86 (16.65–17.08)

12.54 (12.01–13.07)

114.08 (84.75–143.42)

Age groups (mean 36 years; range 21–64 years)

  

 < 30

11 (18.97)

16.63 (16.28–16.98)

12.61 (11.56–13.67)

119.56 (64.91–174.22)

 30–34

15 (25.86)

17.06 (16.71–17.41)

12.84 (11.93–13.74)

83.37 (68.07–98.67)

 35–49

22 (37.93)

16.84 (16.48–17.21)

12.25 (11.14–13.36)

94.77 (65.70–123.84)

 50 ≤

10 (17.24)

16.92 (16.48–17.36)

12.44 (11.53–13.35)

149.69 (59.39–239.98)

Marital status

    

 Married

57 (98.28)

16.87 (16.67–17.06)

12.52 (11.98–13.07)

105.97 (83.39–128.56)

 Single

1 (1.72)

16.91 (na)

11.22 (na)

107 (na)

Education level

    

 Primary

16 (27.59)

16.66 (16.25–17.07)

12.24 (10.79–13.69)

87.19 (47.18–127.19)

 Secondary & above

42 (72.41)

16.95 (16.74–17.17)

12.60 (12.09–13.11)

113.16 (86.61–139.70)

Occupation

    

 Subsistence farming

40 (68.97)

16.82 (16.56–17.08)

12.47 (11.78–13.16)

106.2 (79.07–133.31)

 Retail

5 (8.62)

16.85 (16.51–17.19)

13.07 (11.83–14.32)

69.26 (38.13–100.40)

 Market trader

6 (10.34)

17.26 (16.88–17.65)

11.94 (10.75–13.13)

130.84 (69.64–192.04)

 Fisherman

1 (1.72)

17.09 (na)

9.56 (na)

94.17 (na)

 Housewife

3 (5.17)

16.82 (15.96–17.68)

13.29 (10.31–16.28)

55.31 (8.35–102.26)

 Religious leader

2 (3.45)

16.66 (16.29–17.03)

12.34 (11.88–12.80)

202.91 (102.99–508.80)

 Teacher

1 (1.72)

16.85 (na)

15.09 (na)

102.57 (na)

Distribution method

   

 Door to door

27 (46.55)

16.95 (16.70–17.20)

12.61 (11.89–13.33)

103.67 (78.63–128.72)

 Focal point

31 (53.45)

16.80 (16.51–17.09)

12.41 (11.61–13.20)

108 (72.28–143.74)

Number of households served (mean 90; range 31–313)

  

 0–69

24 (41.38)

16.93 (16.56–17.29)

11.72 (10.69–12.74)

79.58 (65.04–94.12)

 70–99

16 (27.59)

16.92 (16.63–17.20)

13.13 (12.44–13.81)

72.09 (51.14–93.05)

 100≤

18 (31.03)

16.76 (16.45–17.07)

12.99 (12.28–13.71)

171.33 (115.41–227.27)

Population size served (mean 497; range 161–1437)

  

 0–399

26 (44.83)

16.97 (16.67–17.26)

11.93 (10.95–12.91)

75.43 (63.80–87.05)

 400–599

16 (27.59)

16.60 (16.23–16.97)

12.86 (12.18–13.53)

71.66 (51.77–91.55)

 600 ≤

16 (27.59)

16.98 (16.64–17.32)

13.07 (12.27–13.88)

189.99 (131.54–248.45)

Length of tenure as a CDD

   

 NTDCP only - 1 year

9 (15.51)

17.05 (16.50–17.60)

13.06 (11.89–14.23)

105.28 (64.81–145.75)

 NTDCP only - 2 years

33 (56.90)

16.77 (16.49–17.04)

12.04 (11.31–12.76)

88.71 (67.05–110.37)

 NTDCP + SA 3–6 years

16 (27.59)

16.98 (16.72–17.25)

13.14 (12.16–14.12)

142.03 (81.05–203.02)

  1. Abbreviation: na not available