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ArticleBMC public health2021

Seasonal and socio-demographic patterns of self-reporting major disease groups in north-west Burkina Faso: an analysis of the Nouna Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) data.

Tobias Gottlieb-Stroh, Aurélia Souares, Till Bärnighausen, Ali Sié, Somkeita Pascal Zabre, Ina Danquah

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Tobias Gottlieb-StrohInstitute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Aurélia SouaresHeidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Till BärnighausenHeidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Ali SiéCentre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna (CRSN), Nouna, Burkina Faso.
Somkeita Pascal ZabreCentre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna (CRSN), Nouna, Burkina Faso.
Ina DanquahInstitute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. ina.danquah@uni-heidelberg.de.ORCID 0000-0003-3222-3498

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backgroundSub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is facing a rapid growth of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), while communicable diseases still prevail. For rural SSA, evidence for this development is scarce. We aimed at quantifying self-reported major disease groups according to season, and determining the associations with socio-economic factors in rural Burkina Faso.

methodsThis study used data of 4192 adults (age range: 18-101 years; male: 49.0%) from the Nouna Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) in north-west Burkina Faso, rainy season of 2010 and dry season of 2011. We assessed the proportions and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of self-reported major disease groups as defined by the World Health Organization. For their associations with socio-economic factors, odds ratios (OR), 95% CIs and p-values were calculated by logistic regression.

resultsThe surveys were completed by 3949 adults in 2010 (mean age: 37.5 ± 14.9 years, male: 48.8%) and by 4039 adults in 2011 (mean age: 37.3 ± 16.2 years, male: 49.1%). The proportions of self-reported communicable diseases were 20.7% (95% CI: 19.4-21.9%) in the rainy season and 11.0% (10.0-11.9%; McNemar's p < 0.0001) in the dry season. Self-reported NCDs amounted to 5.3% (4.6-6.0%) and 4.5% (3.8-5.1%; p = 0.08), respectively. In each year, less than 1% reported injuries (p = 0.57). Few individuals reported an overlap of communicable diseases and NCDs: 1.4% in 2010 and 0.6% in 2011. In the multiple-adjusted models, formal education (vs. lack of education) showed the strongest association with self-reporting of communicable diseases in both seasons. For NCD-reporting, non-manual occupation (vs. manual) was positively associated, only in the rainy season.

conclusionsSelf-reporting of communicable diseases is subject to seasonal variation in this population in north-west Burkina Faso. The exact reasons for the low overall self-reporting of NCDs and injuries, apart from a low socio-demographic position, require further investigation.

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Noncommunicable DiseasesAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBurkina FasoDemographyHumansMaleMiddle AgedRainSeasonsYoung AdultCommunicable diseasesDouble burden of diseaseInfectious diseasesNon-communicable diseasesRuralSocio-demographic factorsSub-saharan Africa

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