Research Article
Medicine Sellers for Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections: Effect of a Quasi-Experimental Training Intervention in Bangladesh
Table 2
Practices of medicine sellers to the clients with symptoms suggesting sexually transmitted infections.
| | Characteristics | Baseline | End line | | (%) unless otherwise specified | Comparison | Intervention | Comparison | Intervention | | () | () | () | () |
| | Patients with STI symptoms seen in the last month (median, range) | | | | | | Male patients | 4 (0–30) | 5.0 (0–85) | 6 (0–60) | 7 (0–38) | | Female patients | 2.5 (0–30) | 3 (0–50) | 3.0 (0–25) | 4 (0–22) | |
Method of STIs assessment in men | | | | | | History only | 82 (69.5) | 132 (87.4) | 68 (58.6) | 85 (61.6) | | History and physical exam. | 34 (28.8) | 15 (9.9) | 46 (39.7) | 49 (35.5) | | History and laboratory investigations | 7 (5.9) | 6 (4.0) | 11 (9.5) | 6 (4.3) | | Method of STIs assessment in women | | | | | | History only | 88 (74.6) | 110 (72.9) | 110 (94.8) | 123 (89.1) | | History and physical exam | 3 (2.5) | 0 | 11 (9.5) | 8 (5.8) | | History and laboratory investigations | 30 (25.4) | 41 (27.1) | 5 (4.3) | 15 (10.9) | | Given paper prescription to patients | | | | | | Always | 39 (33.1) | 23 (15.2) | 58 (50.0) | 58 (42.0) | | Sometimes | 69 (58.5) | 108 (71.6) | 53 (45.7) | 77 (55.8) | | Never | 10 (8.4) | 20 (13.2) | 5 (4.3) | 3 (2.2) | | Got private space for physical examination | 43 (36.4) | 47 (31.1) | 50 (43.1) | 66 (47.8) | | Received consultation fee from patients | 1 (0.8) | 13 (8.6) | 2 (1.7) | 12 (8.7) |
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