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pressur e r e ad i ngs were f o und t o be a bnorm a lly e leva ted then
sUbjec ts ha d a second rellid ing t a k en lin hour l a t er aft er rest
o r on the next da y , before any con clusions we r e d rawn .
Pr ev iously prepared cli ni c al gu idelines wer-e us ed for
assessing SUbjects, and fo r diagnos ing t he c ommon pue rpe r a l
conditio ns o f inte r e st (APPENDI X E) . s tudy p articipants who
were f ound to n ev e c onditio ns r equiring medical at.t e nt ion we re
eithe r t r eate d or referr e d t o the a ppropriate quart e r fo r
further medical man ag ement . Referred pa tients were us u a l l y
sent to a selected gr oup of special f sts who had previous ly
consen t.e u t o see stUdy SUbjects and g i v e feedb ac k .
Othu mo rbidity i n f g rm atio n '
Th r ough t he regiona l Mi nistry of Health offices , all
health centers i n the XUlIlasi dist rict r ec e i v ed prior
i n f orma t i on on the study a nd a bout their ex pected roles.
s ub j ec t s who had consul ted other hea lth professionals wi t h oil
p r ob l em during the i nterval pri or t o comi ng t o the s tUdy
c l i ni c , were a s ked to hav e i nfo rmation a bout t hat att e nda nc e
r e c orded on t he s peci al ide ntity car d prov ided by t he
attend i ng hea l t h officer . Where n o e nt ries were made on the
c a rd bet SUbjects reported having consul ted a profess ional,
then other evidenc e such as pr escription forms , home-based
ho s pi t a l ca rds, etc. were used to as c e rta in t he reasons o r
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