Table 2 Mean prominence scores of perceived causes reported by disease conditions, FHS-Non-traditional vs Traditional and FHS-Public vs Private

Ingestion

0.69

2.88

<0.0001

1.36

1.93

0.178

1.01

2.05

0.015

 Food

0.10

0.64

0.001

0.27

0.40

0.187

0.22

0.37

0.122

 Water

0.33

0.36

0.908

0.36

0.20

0.967

0.35

0.32

0.862

 Smoking

0.06

0.64

<0.0001

0.25

0.27

0.597

0.14

0.42

0.006

 Alcohol

0.12

0.50

0.109

0.22

0.47

0.222

0.13

0.42

0.131

 Prescribe medicine

0.02

0.10

0.987

0.01

0.33

0.167

0.02

0.08

0.843

Health Illness or Injury

2.31

2.06

0.974

2.20

2.47

0.639

2.30

2.12

0.793

 Injury, accident, surgery

0.21

0.08

0.505

0.14

0.40

0.023

0.09

0.29

0.005

 Insect Bite (Mosquitoes, flies etc.)

0.09

0.02

0.375

0.07

0.07

0.586

0.09

0.03

0.751

 Physical exertion/work

0.39

0.32

0.612

0.38

0.27

0.922

0.35

0.39

0.161

 Blood problems

0.69

0.30

0.046

0.61

0.13

0.067

0.75

0.27

0.008

 Prior illness

0.09

0.14

0.985

0.10

0.13

0.220

0.13

0.07

0.776

 Neglect of prior illness

0.17

0.06

0.311

0.13

0.20

0.146

0.15

0.10

0.813

 Anatomical or physical problem

0.25

0.20

0.837

0.21

0.47

0.362

0.23

0.24

0.986

 Constitutional weakness

0.23

0.56

0.029

0.30

0.67

0.070

0.26

0.46

0.573

 Hereditary

0.15

0.24

0.064

0.19

0.07

0.811

0.19

0.17

0.469

 Mental Emotional Stress

0.04

0.14

0.296

0.07

0.07

0.815

0.05

0.10

0.933

Environmental

0.79

1.22

0.007

0.87

1.53

0.030

0.87

1.03

0.143

 Sanitation

0.19

0.06

0.185

0.16

0.00

0.160

0.19

0.08

0.463

 Personal Hygiene

0.03

0.12

0.029

0.06

0.07

0.909

0.02

0.12

0.015

 Germs or infection

0.24

0.32

0.126

0.24

0.47

0.565

0.23

0.32

0.363

 Heat-/Cold, humoral

0.15

0.24

0.315

0.14

0.53

0.020

0.15

0.22

0.402

 Climate or seasonal change

0.18

0.48

0.002

0.26

0.47

0.007

0.27

0.29

0.539

Traditional Cultural Supernatural

1.12

1.46

0.041

1.17

1.80

0.082

1.07

1.49

0.019

 Contamination/contact (ritual pollution)

0.01

0.00

0.480

0.01

0.00

0.739

0.01

0.00

0.421

 Sexual pollution

0.06

0.04

0.758

0.04

0.20

<0.0001

0.05

0.05

0.347

 Punishment for prior deed

0.18

0.34

0.001

0.21

0.40

0.114

0.20

0.29

0.039

 Demons, fate, God, stars, karma

0.35

0.82

0.006

0.50

0.53

0.452

0.37

0.71

0.013

 Evil eye, sorcery etc.

0.52

0.26

0.392

0.41

0.67

0.021

0.43

0.44

0.217

Contact-related

0.60

0.92

0.207

0.61

1.60

0.009

0.65

0.80

0.354

 Close contact with someone with the same problem

0.59

0.80

0.340

0.57

1.47

0.010

0.65

0.68

0.543

 Sexual contact

0.01

0.12

0.215

0.04

0.13

0.001

0.00

0.12

0.030

Miscellaneous

2.00

1.34

0.145

1.85

1.13

0.217

1.76

1.81

0.775

 Other

0.73

0.92

0.184

0.79

0.80

0.965

0.74

0.88

0.490

 Cannot say/no idea

1.27

0.42

0.009

1.06

0.33

0.134

1.02

0.93

0.827