Table 1 The 2014 therapeutic coverage survey according to the characteristics of participants in each health district
| Â | Â | Bafia HD | Foumbot-Massangam HD | Yabassi HD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | n | % (95% CI) | P | n | % (95% CI) | P | n | % (95% CI) | P |
Gender | Â | Â | 0.74 | Â | Â | 0.80 | Â | Â | 0.54 | |
 Female | 531 | 60.6 (47.8–72.1) |  | 646 | 65.6 (55.0–74.9) |  | 337 | 66.0 (56.8–74.2) |  | |
 Male | 496 | 61.6 (46.9–74.4) |  | 594 | 66.5 (51.4–78.8) |  | 305 | 64.0 (53.2–73.6) |  | |
Age category (years) | Â | Â | < 0.001 | Â | Â | < 0.001 | Â | Â | < 0.001 | |
 0–4 | 82 | Non-eligible |  | 149 | Non-eligible |  | 57 | Non-eligible |  | |
 5–9 | 152 | 60.5 (44.1–74.7) |  | 194 | 67.6 (51.8–80.2) |  | 55 | 68.9 (57.0–78.7) |  | |
 10–19 | 245 | 66.9 (49.2–80.9) |  | 320 | 75.9 (57.8–87.9) |  | 137 | 75.9 (65.2–84.1) |  | |
 20–29 | 160 | 63.1 (45.8–77.5) |  | 193 | 78.5 (63.5–88.4) |  | 123 | 69.6 (55.5–80.7) |  | |
 30–39 | 126 | 73.8 (58.6–84.8) |  | 153 | 74.3 (58.3–85.7) |  | 89 | 70.6 (58.5–80.4) |  | |
 40–49 | 105 | 77.1 (63.4–86.8) |  | 103 | 87.4 (74.4–94.3) |  | 74 | 74.3 (58.9–85.4) |  | |
 50–59 | 71 | 83.2 (62.8–93.6) |  | 76 | 86.9 (70.7–94.8) |  | 56 | 64.4 (46.8–78.9) |  | |
 60+ | 86 | 78.8 (63.7–88.7) |  | 52 | 80.2 (53.3–93.5) |  | 51 | 79.8 (66.7–88.7) |  | |
Participants according to the profession of the head of household | 0.21 | Â | Â | 0.005 | Â | Â | 0.14 | |||
 Civil servant | 99 | 51.1 (35.5–66.5) |  | 134 | 74.3 (61.9–83.7) |  | 67 | 75.4 (56.7–87.8) |  | |
 Private sector worker | 27 | 72.0 (47.3–88.0) |  | 37 | 93.4 (80.8–98.0) |  | 19 | 84.3 (69.6–95.4) |  | |
 Farmer | 611 | 65.4 (49.7–78.3) |  | 603 | 63.5 (46.5–77.7) |  | 240 | 59.2 (44.7–72.2) |  | |
 Trader | 72 | 65.4 (40.8–83.8) |  | 136 | 84.0 (77.3–88.9) |  | 30 | 80.8 (66.9–89.8) |  | |
 Unskilled worker | 52 | 61.2 (32.4–83.8) |  | 106 | 47.8 (24.3–72.4) |  | 89 | 70.9 (52.9–84.0) |  | |
 Jobless | 163 | 46.7 (28.2–66.1) |  | 219 | 62.1 (54.0–69.5) |  | 190 | 61.1 (47.4–73.2) |  | |
Participants according to the educational level of the head of household | 0.28 | Â | Â | 0.09 | Â | Â | 0.59 | |||
 Never attended school | 83 | 76.6 (49.6–91.6) |  | 83 | 52.8 (26.2–77.9) |  | 45 | 52.7 (21.5–81.9) |  | |
 Primary school | 422 | 60.4 (43.8–74.9) |  | 572 | 69.0 (54.8–80.4) |  | 243 | 64.1 (51.6–75.0) |  | |
 Secondary school | 469 | 60.8 (45.1–74.6) |  | 540 | 62.7 (50.0–73.8) |  | 299 | 66.1 (56.5–74.5) |  | |
 University | 51 | 48.2 (28.7–68.2) |  | 45 | 93.7 (61.0–99.3) |  | 52 | 74.0 (53.5–87.6) |  | |
History of side effects during past treatments | 0.23 | Â | Â | 0.97 | Â | Â | 0.045 | |||
 No | 935 | 63.5 (48.8–76.0) |  | 1174 | 67.5 (54.1–78.5) |  | 550 | 65.1 (54.3–74.5) |  | |
 Yes | 59 | 51.1 (29.7–72.1) |  | 32 | 67.9 (39.8–87.1) |  | 72 | 80.4 (65.6–89.8) |  | |
Perception of the risk to catch onchocerciasis | 0.54 | Â | Â | 0.005 | Â | Â | 0.50 | |||
 No | 266 | 66.6 (47.9–81.3) |  | 376 | 81.2 (73.9–86.8) |  | 134 | 61.0 (47.2–73.2) |  | |
 Yes | 757 | 59.4 (43.0–74.0) |  | 859 | 59.7 (44.0–73.6) |  | 508 | 66.2 (55.5–75.4) |  | |
Involvement of parents in CDTI | Â | Â | 0.006 | Â | Â | < 0.001 | Â | Â | < 0.001 | |
 High | 51 | 93.0 (75.8–98.3) |  | 109 | 94.4 (86.1–97.9) |  | 18 | 88.6 (69.5–96.4) |  | |
 Average | 91 | 66.0 (47.8–80.4) |  | 193 | 84.3 (74.7–90.8) |  | 79 | 88.5 (76.2–94.9) |  | |
 Low | 885 | 58.9 (44.7–71.8) |  | 938 | 59.6 (45.6–72.1) |  | 545 | 61.0 (51.2–69.9) |  | |
General therapeutic coverage | 1027 | 61.1 (47.7–73.0) |  | 1240 | 66.0 (53.6–76.6) |  | 642 | 65.1 (55.8–73.4) | 0.76* | |