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Table 2 Mean hours, per day, spent on daily routine activities not during and during the NTD Programme

From: A mixed methods approach to evaluating community drug distributor performance in the control of neglected tropical diseases

Activitya

Not during-NTD Programme mean hours (SD)

During-NTD Programme mean hours (SD)

Difference

P- value

Bathing

1.30 (0.37)

1.23 (0.37)

-0.07

0.003

Praying

1.58 (0.86)

1.46 (0.72)

-0.12

0.035

Preparing children for school

0.13 (0.15)

0.11 (0.14)

-0.02

0.150

Work in the shamba

2.78 (1.09)

1.87 (1.17)

-0.91

< 0.001

Preparing and eating meals

2.14 (1.48)

1.81 (1.89)

-0.33

< 0.001

Tending to animals

0.89 (0.82)

0.62 (0.63)

-0.27

< 0.001

Relaxing and socialising

3.33 (1.46)

1.85 (1.19)

-1.48

< 0.001

Household chores

0.69 (0.65)

0.48 (0.47)

-0.21

< 0.001

Family time

2.03 (1.21)

1.78 (1.16)

-0.25

< 0.001

Business

1.50 (1.79)

0.95 (1.50)

-0.55

< 0.001

Non-NTD health interventionsb

0.49 (0.62)

0.34 (0.61)

-0.16

0.043

Total time

16.87 (0.73)

12.50 (2.04)

-4.37

< 0.001

  1. asample size was 58 CDDs for each activity
  2. bnon-NTD health interventions included CDD involvement in home-based management of fever for malaria, community mobilisation for immunisation campaigns and health educator of HIV/AIDS or good hygiene practices