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2004 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Treatment of diarrhea and dysentery in Kaengkhoi district, Saraburi province, Thailand is described.
"To estimate the proportion of cases missed in a passive surveillance study of diarrhea and dysentery at health centers and hospitals in Kaengkhoi district, Saraburi province, Thailand, a community-based cluster survey of treatment-seeking behaviors was conducted during 21-23 June 2002. Interviews were conducted at 224 households among a study population of 78,744. The respondents reported where they sought care for diarrhea and dysentery in children aged less than five years and adults aged over 15 years," researchers in South Korea, Switzerland, and Thailand report.
"Health centers or hospitals were the first treatment choice for 78% of children with dysentery (95% confidence interval [CI] 63-94%), 64% of children with diarrhea (95% CI 54-74%), 61% of adults with dysentery (95% CI 40-82%), and 35% of adults with diarrhea (95% CI 17-54%)," stated Sekson Samosornsuk at the International Vaccine Institute in South Korea and collaborators in Thailand, Korea, and Switzerland. "A high degree of heterogeneity in responses resulted in a relatively large design effect (D=3.9) and poor intra-cluster ...