Table 3 Reported symptoms and single most troubling symptom of MRI with and without convulsions
From: Community concepts of malaria-related illness with and without convulsions in southern Ghana
Categories of distress reported1 | Reported spontaneously and probed2 | Most troubling | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | With Convulsion (n = 101) | Without convulsion (n = 100) | With Convulsion (n = 101) | Without convulsion (n = 100) | ||
| Â | Total (%) | Fraction Spont. | Total (%) | Fraction Spont. | Â | Â |
Convulsions related symptoms | 98.3 | 0.72 | 64.0 | 0.05** | 67.3 | 6.0** |
Unconscious | 86.2 | 0.39 | 18.0 | 0.06** | 26.7 | 2.0** |
Stiffness | x | x | 0.0 | 0.00 | 21.8 | 0.0** |
Easily startled/frightened | 76.3 | 0.32 | 59.0 | 0.03** | 7.9 | 3.0 |
Rolling the eye balls | x | x | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.9 | 0.0** |
Biting the lips | 42.5 | 0.17 | 0.0 | 0.00** | 2.0 | 0.0 |
Foaming mouth | 55.4 | 0.31 | 0.0 | 0.00** | 2.0 | 0.0 |
Folded arms | 52.5 | 0.64 | 0.0 | 0.00** | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Shaking | x | x | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Fever related symptoms | 37.6 | 0.55 | 98.0 | 0.79** | 9.9 | 34.0** |
Hot bodies | x | x | x | x | 6.9 | 11.0 |
Sweating | 14.0 | 0.14 | 55.0 | 0.06 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Yellowish eyes | 28.8 | 0.65 | 97.0 | 0.78** | 1.0 | 18.0** |
Yellowish urine | x | x | x | X | 1.0 | 4.0 |
Chills and Rigors | x | x | x | X | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Non specific symptoms | 93.1 | 0.52 | 99.0 | 0.66** | 20.8 | 56.0** |
Weakness | 72.3 | 0.52 | 86.0 | 0.51* | 11.9 | 15.0 |
Breathlessness | 51.4 | 0.14 | 29.0 | 0.07** | 5.9 | 1.0 |
Refusal of food | x | x | x | X | 1.0 | 16.0** |
Weight loss | 35.5 | 0.14 | 63.0 | 0.25** | 1.0 | 12.0 |
Diarrhoea | 0.0 | 0.00 | 33.0 | 0.06** | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Vomiting | x | x | x | X | 0.0 | 7.0** |
Paleness | 44.5 | 0.20 | 74.0 | 0.23** | 0.0 | 4.0 |
Sleepiness | 0.0 | 0.00 | 12.0 | 0.25** | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Bitterness in the mouth | 0.0 | 0.00 | 33.0 | 0.61** | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Joint and bodily pains | 16.0 | 0.25 | 36.0 | 0.22** | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Crying | x | x | x | x | 0.0 | 0.0 |