Snakebite victim profiles and treatment-seeking behaviors in two regions of Kenya : results from a health demographic surveillance system
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- Material Type
- 記事
- Author/Editor
- Peter S. LarsonMorris NdemwaAleksandra F. Thomas
- Publication, Distribution, etc.
- Publication Date
- 2022-04-29
- Publication Date (W3CDTF)
- 2022-04-29
- Periodical title
- Tropical medicine and health
- No. or year of volume/issue
- 50(31)
- Volume
- 50(31)
- ISSN (Periodical Title)
- 1349-4147
- ISSN-L (Periodical Title)
- 1348-8945
- Text Language Code
- eng
- DOI
- 10.1186/s41182-022-00421-8
- Persistent ID (NDL)
- info:ndljp/pid/12307925
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- Collection (Materials For Handicapped People:1)
- Collection (particular)
- 国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション > 電子書籍・電子雑誌 > その他
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- オンライン資料収集制度
- Date Accepted (W3CDTF)
- 2022-07-11T22:10:26+09:00
- Date Captured (W3CDTF)
- 2022-07-11
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- application/pdf
- Access Restrictions
- 国立国会図書館内限定公開
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- 図書館・個人送信対象外
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- info:ndljp/pid/12307894
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- 国立国会図書館 : 国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション
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- Introduction: Snakebites are a major cause of permanent injury and death among poor, rural populations in developing countries, including those in East Africa. This research characterizes snakebite incidence, risk factors, and subsequent health-seeking behaviors in two regions of Kenya using a mixed methods approach. Methods: As a part of regular activities of a health demographic surveillance system, household-level survey on snakebite incidence was conducted in two areas of Kenya: Kwale along the Kenyan Coast and Mbita on Lake Victoria. If someone in the home was reported to have been bitten in the 5 years previous to the visit, a survey instrument was administered. The survey gathered contextual information on the bite, treatment-seeking behavior and clinical manifestations. To obtain deeper, contextual information, respondents were also asked to narrate the bite incident, subsequent behavior and outcomes. Results: 8775 and 9206 households were surveyed in Kwale and Mbita, respectively. Out of these, 453 (5.17%) and 92 (1.00%) households reported that at least one person had been bitten by a snake in the past 5 years. Deaths from snakebites were rare (4.04%), but patterns of treatment seeking varied. Treatment at formal care facilities were sought for 50.8% and at traditional healers for 53.3%. 18.4% sought treatment from both sources. Victims who delayed receiving treatment from a formal facility were more likely to have consulted a traditional healer (OR 8.8995% CI [3.83, 20.64]). Delays in treatment seeking were associated with signifcantly increased odds of having a severe outcome, including death, paralysis or loss of consciousness (OR 3.47 95% CI [1.56; 7.70]). Conclusion: Snakebite incidence and outcomes vary by region in Kenya, and treatment-seeking behaviors are complex. Work needs to be done to better characterize the spatial distribution of snakebite incidence in Kenya and eforts need to be made to ensure that victims have sufcient access to efective treatments to prevent death and serious injury.Tropical Medicine and Health, 50(1), art. no. 31; 2022
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- 10.1186/s41182-022-00421-8
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- インターネット公開
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- © The Author(s) 2022. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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- 国立情報学研究所 : CiNii Research
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- 学術機関リポジトリデータベース雑誌記事索引データベース
- Bibliographic ID (NDL)
- 12307925