Patterns of disease presentation and management in Egyptian primary care: findings from a survey of 2458 primary care patient consultations

Table 3 Presentation of the 30 most common conditions (12 practices, 2458 consultations)

Condition	Consultations		Weighted	Rural		Urban		p- value**
	n	%	percentage*	n	%	n	%
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection	537	21.8	24.0	227	25.0	310	20.0	0.04
Gastroenteritis	227	9.2	9.5	87	9.6	140	9.0	0.66
Intestinal parasites	109	4.4	5.5	54	5.9	55	3.6	0.01
Lower Respiratory Tract Infection	128	5.2	5.4	50	5.5	78	5.0	0.61
Skin infection	102	4.1	4.8	46	5.1	56	3.6	0.08
Dermatitis	107	4.4	4.3	39	4.3	68	4.4	0.91
Anaemia	108	4.4	4.3	38	4.2	70	4.5	0.69
Hypertension	161	6.6	3.9	24	2.6	137	8.8	<0.005
Conjunctivitis	71	2.9	3.9	39	4.3	32	2.1	<0.005
Asthma	55	2.2	2.7	27	3.0	28	1.8	0.06
Urinary Tract Infection	46	1.9	2.7	28	3.1	18	1.2	<0.005
Diabetes	96	3.9	2.7	19	2.1	77	5.0	<0.005
Chickenpox	21	0.9	1.7	19	2.1	2	0.1	<0.005
Ear infection	63	2.6	1.6	11	1.2	52	3.4	<0.005
Irritable Bowel Syndrome	37	1.5	1.1	8	0.9	29	1.9	0.05
Osteoarthrosis	48	2.0	1.0	5	0.6	43	2.8	<0.005
Postural hypotension	26	1.1	0.7	4	0.4	22	1.4	0.02
Rheumatic fever/heart disease	24	1.0	0.7	5	0.6	19	1.2	0.1
Musculoskeletal disease-other	9	0.4	0.6	7	0.8	2	0.1	0.01
Throat symptom/ complaint	34	1.4	0.6	2	0.2	32	2.1	<0.005
Abnormal urine test, non-specified	9	0.4	0.6	6	0.7	3	0.2	0.07
Mouth/tongue/lip disease	14	0.6	0.6	5	0.6	9	0.6	0.92
Back syndrome/ pain	12	0.5	0.5	5	0.6	7	0.5	0.74
Perinatal morbidity- other	11	0.4	0.5	5	0.6	6	0.4	0.56
Oesophageal disease/ulcer	7	0.3	0.5	5	0.6	2	0.1	0.06
Dyspepsia/ indigestion	6	0.2	0.5	5	0.6	1	0.1	0.02
Skin burn/scald	6	0.2	0.5	5	0.6	1	0.1	0.02
Nutritional deficiency	23	0.9	0.4	2	0.2	21	1.4	0.01
Female genital infection	17	0.7	0.4	3	0.3	14	0.9	0.1
Liver disease- non-specified	5	0.2	0.4	5	0.6	0	0	0.00

*Weighted for different population and utilisation rates between urban and rural areas.
**Chi-squared test for differences in prevalence between urban/rural practices.

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