Table 1 Participant demographic information and operations performed at northernmost regions of Ghana
Women | Men | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | p-value | |
Participants | 149 | (47) | 166 | (53) | 315 | (100) | |
Age; median (IQR) | 38 | (16–71) | 42 | (1–80) | 40 | (1–80) | 0.40 |
Education completed | |||||||
None | 84 | (56) | 102 | (62) | 187 | (59) | 0.11 |
Primary | 27 | (18) | 40 | (24) | 68 | (22) | |
Secondary | 24 | (16) | 14 | (8) | 38 | (12) | |
More | 16 | (10) | 9 | (6) | 23 | (7) | |
Religion | |||||||
Christian | 114 | (77) | 88 | (54) | 204 | (65) | <0.001 |
Traditional | 9 | (6) | 54 | (33) | 63 | (20) | |
Muslim | 24 | (16) | 19 | (12) | 43 | (14) | |
Other | 1 | (1) | 3 | (2) | 4 | (1) | |
Travel time; median min (IQR) | 60 | (10–480) | 60 | (5–510) | 60 | (5–1,441) | 0.45 |
Conditions | |||||||
Hernia/hydrocele | 18 | (12) | 124 | (75) | 142 | (45) | <0.001 |
Goiter | 25 | (17) | 1 | (1) | 26 | (8) | |
Skin/soft tissue mass | 19 | (13) | 14 | (8) | 35 | (11) | |
Gynecologic problem | 80 | (54) | 8 | (5) | 88 | (28) | |
Other | 6 | (4) | 18 | (11) | 24 | (8) | |
Duration of problem, median months (IQR) | 48 | (1–240) | 36 | (2–360) | 36 | (1–360) | 0.02 |