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Table 2 Comparison of the WHODAS score in the health zone types (n = 1440)

From: Comparative analysis of the health status of the population in six health zones in South Kivu: a cross-sectional population study using the WHODAS

Items**

Accessible and

stable (AS)

Remote and

stable (RS)

Intermediate

(I)

Unstable

(U)

p*

Household

0 (0–4)

3 (1–5)

2 (1–4)

4 (2–6)

< 0.001

Cognitive

0 (0–3)

2 (0–5)

2 (1–3)

3 (2–5)

< 0.001

Mobility

0 (0–3.75)

3 (0–6)

2 (1–3)

4 (2–6)

< 0.001

Self care

0 (0–0)

0 (0–2)

1 (0–2)

1 (0–3)

< 0.001

Social

0 (0–0)

0 (0–2)

1 (0–2)

1 (0–4)

< 0.001

Society

1 (0–3)

3 (1–5)

1.5 (0–3)

4 (2–5)

< 0.001

WHODAS score

6.3 (0,28.6)

25 (6.3,41.7)

22.9 (12.5,33.3)

39.6 (22.9,54.2)

< 0.001

  1. Median (IQR).
  2. *p-value of Kruskal-Wallis test
  3. **Items: 1. Assist and complete daily tasks (2 and 12 = Household); 2. Acquisition and use of information (3 and 6 = cognitive); 3. Move around and manipulate objects (1 and 7 = Mobility); 4. Take care of yourself (8 and 9 = Self-care); 5. Interact with others (10 and 11 = Social); 6. Participation in society (4 and 5 = Society)
  4. On each line, cells with numbers in bold indicate where the p-value of the Wilcoxson test with Bonferroni correction is > 0.05
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