10.17037/DATA.00003843
Dataset collected as part of a study to investigate knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) associated with the management of microbial keratitis (MK) by private pharmacies and traditional healers in Siraha, Nepal. The dataset contains questionnaire responses provided by traditional healers in the region. These cover: the type of patient to whom healers provide treatment, type of eye disease/conditions treated, pain relief treatment, ingredients used in treatment, treatment duration, remedy preparation process, charges applied (if any), and when they would refer patient to an eye hospital/health post.
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The dataset contains two tables, LOG_2B_KAP_Questionnaire_TH and LOG_1_Demographics.
| Variable name | Variable label | Answer label | Answer code | Variable type |
| TRIAGE_NO | Triage number | String | ||
| TREAT_AGEGRP | Do you treat all groups with eye conditions? | Numeric | ||
| Women | 1 | |||
| Men | 2 | |||
| Children | 3 | |||
| Pregnant women | 4 | |||
| Elderly | 5 | |||
| All | 6 | |||
| All except pregnant women | 7 | |||
| DISEASE_CONDTN | What kind of eye diseases/conditions do you treat? | |||
| Red eye | 1 | |||
| Red eye with watering | 2 | |||
| Red eye, watering, pain | 3 | |||
| Red eye and eye swelling | 4 | |||
| White spot on black part of eye | 5 | |||
| All the above | 6 | |||
| None of the above | 7 | |||
| Other - please specify | 9 | |||
| DISEASE_CONDTN_OTHER | What kind of eye diseases/conditions do you treat? (Other. Pre-specify) | Free text | String | |
| CHARGE_TREATMENT | Do you charge anything in return for the treatment you offer to people? | |||
| No | 1 | |||
| Yes | 2 | |||
| I don't ask, they give with their own free will | 3 | |||
| I prefer not to say | 4 | |||
| OFFER_PAIN | What do you offer to people to relieve pain? | |||
| Prayers | 1 | |||
| Traditional medicines / herbs | 2 | |||
| Herbs and prayer | 3 | |||
| Other | 4 | |||
| OFFER_PAIN_OTHER | What do you offer to people to relieve pain? (Other. Please specify) | Free text | String | |
| HERBAL_INGREDIENT | Which herbal or other ingredients do you use in the treatment of eye diseases/conditions? | |||
| Honey | 1 | |||
| Tree extract (like Aak milk) | 2 | |||
| Flower juice | 3 | |||
| Cactus thorn | 4 | |||
| Tulshi seed extract | 5 | |||
| Root of herb | 6 | |||
| Other | 7 | |||
| HERBAL_INGRIDENT_OTHER | Which herbal or other ingredients do you use in the treatment of eye diseases/conditions? (Other. Please specify) | Free text | ||
| COURSE_TREATMENT | How long is the course of treatment you advise for eye diseases/conditions? | Numeric | ||
| 1 day | 1 | |||
| Up to 3 days | 2 | |||
| Up to 1 week | 3 | |||
| Up to 2 weeks | 4 | |||
| Up to 1 month | 5 | |||
| More than a month | 6 | |||
| Can't say exactly | 7 | |||
| PREPARE_REMEDIES | Do you prepare your own remedies, or does someone else prepare them for you? | Numeric | ||
| I prepare the remedies I offer myself | 1 | |||
| Someone else prepares the remedies for me | 2 | |||
| It depends on availability; either me or someone else | 3 | |||
| WHO_PREPARES | Specify who else prepares them | Free text | ||
| REMEDIES_PREPARATION | How are the remedies given for eye conditions prepared? | Numeric | ||
| Rubbed under rock and extract is filtered | 1 | |||
| Root, leaf, stem, etc. dried in the sunlight | 2 | |||
| Plant milk collected and stored in a bottle | 3 | |||
| Bark mixed with clove oil to reduce pain | 4 | |||
| Juice of plants / leaves squeezed directly into the eye | 5 | |||
| Make a herbal tea which is dropped into the eye | 6 | |||
| Oral medication | 7 | |||
| Other | 8 | |||
| REMEDIES_PREPARATION_OTHR | How are the remedies given for eye conditions prepared? Other | Free text | String | |
| CHARGE_TREATMENT_VISIT | If you charge for treatment – what do you typically charge the patient for the entire visit? | Free text | String | |
| NOT_HEALED | What do you do if the patient has not healed after all your efforts (>1 option allowed)? | Numeric | ||
| Everyone has healed so far ( A ) | 1 | |||
| I refer them to another traditional healer ( B ) | 2 | |||
| I refer them to a health post ( C ) | 3 | |||
| I refer them to a pharmacy shop ( D ) | 4 | |||
| I refer them to a general/eye hospital ( E ) | 5 | |||
| I leave the choice to patients about where they want to go ( F ) | 6 | |||
| I would rather not say / no answer given ( G ) | 7 | |||
| E, C | 8 | |||
| C, D, E | 9 | |||
| E, F | 10 | |||
| REFER_HOW | If you refer patients, how do you do it? | Numeric | ||
| I just inform | 1 | |||
| Write referral form | 2 | |||
| Give contact number | 3 | |||
| Form and contact number | 4 | |||
| Form, contact, call | 5 | |||
| Other | 6 | |||
| REFER_HOW_OTHER | If you refer patients, how do you do it? Other | Free text | String | |
| THOUGHTS_EYEDROP_USE | What are your thoughts on using eye drops or medicine available from pharmacy shops or medical centres to treat eye diseases? | Numeric | ||
| It is good | 1 | |||
| I have never used it and I don't believe in it | 2 | |||
| Nobody gives correct advice to use it in our village | 3 | |||
| God may get angry if we use these medicines | 4 | |||
| No opinion | 5 | |||
| HEALTHPOST_MINOR_INJURY | Do you think public health posts can treat the patients with minor eye injuries? | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| No | 2 | |||
| I don't know / not sure | 3 | |||
| No answer | 4 | |||
| HEALTHPOST_HOSPITAL_EMERGENCY | Do you think a public health post or general hospital can treat emergency eye conditions? | Numeric | ||
| No, they can't | 1 | |||
| Only some places can | 2 | |||
| They can but they don't want to | 3 | |||
| They are same as us | 4 | |||
| They can | 5 | |||
| Don't know | 6 | |||
| IMPLEMENT_PARTHNERSHIP | Which of the following initiatives could be implemented in partnership with traditional healers to help reduce corneal blindness resulting from eye infections? | Numeric | ||
| Emphasizing the need to refer all cases to a health post/eye care centre/eye hospital without treatment | 1 | |||
| Instruct which herbal medicine to prescribe before urgently referring cases to a specialist eye care centre | 2 | |||
| Share knowledge with traditional healers to enable them to recognise and treat minor eye conditions | 3 | |||
| Other | 4 | |||
| Don't know | 5 | |||
| IMPLEMENT_PARTHNERSHIP_OTHR | Other initiatives that could be implemented in partnership with traditional healers to help reduce corneal blindness resulting from eye infections | Free text | String |
| Variable name | Variable label | Answer label | Answer code | Variable type |
| TRIAGE_NO | Triage number | String | ||
| GENDER | Gender | Numeric | ||
| Male | 1 | |||
| Female | 2 | |||
| AGE | Age | Numeric | ||
| EDUCATION_LEVEL | Education level | Numeric | ||
| Illiterate | 0 | |||
| No formal education | 1 | |||
| Lower primary (grade 1-4) | 2 | |||
| Upper primary (5-7) | 3 | |||
| Lower secondary (8-10) | 4 | |||
| Higher sec (10-12) | 5 | |||
| Certificate | 6 | |||
| Diploma | 7 | |||
| Degree and above | 8 | |||
| ETHNIC_GRP_CASTE | Ethnic group/caste | Numeric | ||
| Madheshi | ||||
| Dalit | ||||
| Janjati | ||||
| Pahadi | ||||
| Mushlim | ||||
| Ganjati | ||||
| RELIGION | Religion | Numeric | ||
| Hindu | 1 | |||
| Muslim | 2 | |||
| Christian | 3 | |||
| Buddhism | 4 | |||
| Jainism | 5 | |||
| DISTANCE_FRM_SCEH | Distance from Sagarmatha Choudhary Eye Hospital | Free text | Numeric |