Table 3 Characteristics of the study population in six selected schools from a large SCORE study in western Côte d’Ivoire in November 2016
From: Characteristics of persistent hotspots of Schistosoma mansoni in western Côte d’Ivoire
Variable | Overall | Persistent hotspot schools | Low-prevalence schools | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gbadrou | Mona | Ziondrou | Zoukougbeu | Tobly Bangolo | Zê | |||||||||
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
Sex | ||||||||||||||
Boys | 150 | 54.7 | 32 | 72.7 | 26 | 56.5 | 21 | 47.7 | 21 | 42.9 | 28 | 60.9 | 22 | 48.9 |
Girls | 124 | 45.3 | 12 | 27.3 | 20 | 43.5 | 23 | 52.3 | 28 | 57.1 | 18 | 39.1 | 23 | 51.1 |
Age group (years) | ||||||||||||||
9–10 | 166 | 60.6 | 29 | 65.9 | 31 | 67.4 | 19 | 43.2 | 30 | 61.2 | 35 | 76.1 | 22 | 48.9 |
11–12 | 108 | 39.4 | 15 | 34.1 | 15 | 32.6 | 25 | 56.8 | 19 | 38.8 | 11 | 23.9 | 23 | 51.1 |
Mean number of persons per house | 8.3 | 8.7 | 7.2 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 8.7 | |||||||
Present during treatment | ||||||||||||||
Yes | 267 | 97.5 | 44 | 100 | 45 | 97.8 | 44 | 100 | 47 | 96.0 | 43 | 93.5 | 44 | 97.8 |
No | 6 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 3 | 6.5 | 1 | 2.2 |
Donʼt remember | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Received praziquantel | ||||||||||||||
Yes | 261 | 95.3 | 43 | 97.7 | 44 | 95.6 | 44 | 100 | 49 | 100 | 37 | 80.4 | 44 | 97.8 |
No | 13 | 4.7 | 1 | 2.3 | 2 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19.6 | 1 | 2.2 |
Received and took all praziquantel tablets | ||||||||||||||
Yes | 256 | 93.4 | 42 | 95.5 | 41 | 89.1 | 44 | 100 | 49 | 100 | 36 | 78.3 | 44 | 97.8 |
No or donʼt know | 18 | 6.6 | 2 | 4.5 | 5 | 10.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 21.7 | 1 | 2.2 |
Don’t know what praziquantel treats | ||||||||||||||
Yes | 179 | 65.3 | 34 | 77.3 | 23 | 50.0 | 23 | 52.3 | 38 | 77.5 | 38 | 82.6 | 23 | 51.1 |
No | 95 | 34.7 | 10 | 22.7 | 23 | 50.0 | 21 | 47.7 | 11 | 22.5 | 8 | 17.4 | 22 | 48.9 |