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| Categories: Barriers to Trichiasis Surgery |
Enemor-Ener |
Adama-Boset |
Borkena |
K.A. – St. T.A. |
Population Weighted |
| Before |
After |
Before |
After |
Before |
After |
Before |
After |
Before |
After |
| AWARENESS: on consequences, on availability of services |
20 |
23 |
32 |
16 |
27 |
18 |
8 |
10 |
109 (19%) |
68 (28%) |
| ACCESSIBLITY: Direct & indirect costs, distance |
204 |
50 |
38 |
9 |
40 |
18 |
36 |
13 |
280 (49%) |
86 (35%) |
| ACCEPTANCE: Belief, Escort/support, Fear |
78 |
39 |
13 |
8 |
43 |
31 |
32 |
12 |
182 (32%) |
93 (38%) |
| Total TT Cases (n) |
302 |
112 |
83 |
33 |
110 |
67 |
76 |
35 |
571 (100%) |
247 (100%) |
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The weighted average of barriers recalculated based on the population of sampled areas is shown on Table 2. Acceptance related barriers became the prominent
obstacles increasing from 31.9% [CI: 27.2; 36.8] at baseline to 37.4% [CI: 30.0 to 44.8]) after the intervention. Accessibility barriers fall from 49.0% [44.0%; 54.0%] to 35.0%
[27.7%; 42.3%] and this was statistically significant. Awareness related barriers relatively increased from 19.1% [15.2 to 23.1] to 27.6% [20.8% to 34.4%]. However, this
was not significant. Figure 1 depicts the changes in pattern of barriers was significant only for accessibility barriers. |
