Table 2 behavioral and clinical characteristics of the study participants in Abeshge district, Southern Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 734)
Characteristics | Totals |
|---|---|
Smoking status | |
 Never smoker | 648 (88.3%) |
 Former smoker | 20 (2.7%) |
 Current smoker | 66 (9%) |
 aYears smoked | 10.3 (9.28) |
 aCigars smoked per day | 6.37 (4.21) |
Biomass fuel exposure | |
 No | 133 (18%) |
 Yes | 602 (82%) |
 aYears exposed | 15.18 (8.60) |
 aHours exposed per day | 1.92 (0.98) |
bFuels used | |
 Dried Wood | 663 (90.3%) |
 Charcol | 367 (50%) |
 Animal dung | 94 (12.8%) |
 Electricity | 169 (23%) |
 Kerosene gas | 16 (2.2%) |
Cooking area | |
 Same building | 145 (19.8%) |
 Separate building | 589 (80.2%) |
Kitchen ventilation status | |
 Ventilated | 513 (69.9%) |
 Not ventilated | 221 (30.1%) |
b Respiratory symptoms | |
 Cough | 150 (20.4%) |
 Phlegm | 133 (18.1%) |
 Wheeze | 57 (7.8%) |
 Dyspnea | 118 (16.1%) |
 Chest pain | 132 (18.0%) |
b Chronic diseases | |
 HIV/AIDS | 2 (0.3%) |
 Heart Failure | 8 (1.1%) |
 Asthma | 22 (3.0%) |
 Others | 24 (3.3%) |
 No illness | 710 (96.7%) |
Experience of medical visit | |
 No visit at all | 72 (9.8%) |
 During symptoms | 644 (87.7%) |
 Regularly | 18 (2.5%) |