Using research: Educational resources for rheumatic heart disease in women

A study of Aboriginal women's journeys with Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in Australia found that women and their families rarely had a deep understanding of the cause or implications of their disease. Despite contact with health staff, often since childhood, participants lacked understanding of the severity of their illness and its implications for childbearing. Several information/educational initiatives were developed to improve health literacy and have informed other strategies

Description of participating households and individuals in each community.

∧<p>Values are median (IQR).</p>#<p>Individuals with unknown status (missing data) have not been included – denominator for calculation of percent is individuals with known values.</p>*<p>Significant difference between Community A and Community B (p<0.05), Wilcoxon Rank Sum test for continuous variables, Chi Square for categorical variables.</p>&<p>All cases diagnosed by Healthy Skin Worker (HSW).</p>+<p>In Community A, 13 cases diagnosed by HSW, 17 by family report. In Community B, 22 cases diagnosed by HSW, 13 by family report.</p

Reported treatment uptake among index children (A) and household contacts (B) in each community and in total.

<p>Denominator used in calculation of percentage includes individuals with unknown status.</p

Comparison of confirmed incident cases and non-cases.

∧<p>Median (IQR).</p>*<p>Significant difference between confirmed incident case and non-case.</p><p>Note where there are individuals with unknown status, % has been calculated based on total individuals with known status.</p><p>N/A -point estimate and confidence intervals cannot be calculated due to nil value.</p

Multivariate GEE model of factors associated with individual treatment uptake among household contacts.

*<p>Significant association with individual treatment uptake.</p><p>OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval.</p

Comparison of proposed and actual timeline of IC activities in Indonesia.

<p>Comparison of proposed and actual timeline of IC activities in Indonesia.</p

Flowchart of enrolment, investigations and outcome.

<p>Flowchart of enrolment, investigations and outcome.</p

Comparison of diagnostic yield from study patients according to sampling method and laboratory method.

<p>OR = Odds ratio; CI = Confidence interval.</p

Results of smear and Xpert in relation to mycobacterial culture results.

<p>Results of smear and Xpert in relation to mycobacterial culture results.</p

Characteristics of study children on admission according to aetiological diagnosis.

¶<p>Note that children with bacteraemia are included in those classified as “non-confirmed” TB and “not” TB.</p><p>*defined as monthly family income of less than US$125.</p><p>**according to age: 2–11 months >50 breaths per minute; 12–59 months >40 breaths per minute.</p><p>***Oxygen saturation in air less than 90% (at sea level).</p><p>****according to WHO classification for radiographic pneumonia.</p>§<p>There were 19 inpatient deaths that occurred before all tests were completed and so are not included in classification of TB. Two of these early deaths were in children with bacteraemia (both <i>Acinetobacter</i>) and both were sputum smear and culture negative. The other 3 deaths in children with bacteremia are included in children also classified as “not TB”.</p