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Table 3 Informant consensus factor of every human health conditions

From: Entomotherapy: a study of medicinal insects of seven ethnic groups in Nagaland, North-East India

Category of indigenous uses

No. of species (Ns)

No. of use reports (Nur)

ICF

AN

A

C

KH

K

L

S

AN

A

C

KH

K

L

S

AN

A

C

KH

K

L

S

Gastrointestinal problems

10

3

8

5

7

8

6

162

22

60

28

52

141

142

0.94

0.90

0.88

0.85

0.88

0.95

0.96

Dermatological problems

7

4

14

3

3

4

6

125

64

83

43

33

80

128

0.95

0.95

0.84

0.95

0.93

0.96

0.96

Respiratory problems

10

2

10

–

3

5

4

64

24

126

-

80

162

65

0.85

0.95

0.92

–

0.97

0.97

0.95

Gynaecologic/andrologic

2

–

3

–

–

1

4

40

–

27

–

–

7

10

0.97

–

0.92

–

–

1.00

0.66

Pain

7

5

2

–

1

6

8

85

16

51

–

8

40

131

0.92

0.73

0.98

–

1.00

0.87

0.94

Fever (including malaria)

1

–

8

–

–

3

2

8

–

51

-

–

43

27

1.00

–

0.86

–

–

0.95

0.96

Skeleto-muscular problems

10

–

6

2

–

8

2

79

–

65

11

–

74

42

0.88

–

0.92

0.90

–

0.90

0.97

Ophthalmological

10

–

–

–

–

2

–

60

–

-

–

–

33

-

0.84

–

-

–

–

0.96

–

Urological

1

–

–

–

–

-

–

8

–

-

–

–

-

-

1.00

–

-

–

–

–

-

Poisonous animal bites

3

2

1

–

–

-

–

48

17

18

–

–

-

-

0.95

0.93

1.00

–

–

–

-

Cardiovascular

4

–

3

–

–

3

3

35

–

35

–

–

48

31

0.91

–

0.94

–

–

0.95

0.93

Diabetes

1

–

1

–

–

2

2

11

–

10

–

–

41

17

1.00

–

1.00

–

–

0.97

0.93

Oncologic

1

–

–

–

–

2

–

4

–

-

–

–

12

-

1.00

–

–

–

–

0.90

–

Cultural filiations

–

2

–

–

–

–

–

–

10

-

–

–

-

-

-

0.88

–

–

–

–

–

Others

8

8

10

5

6

10

10

181

172

141

102

152

321

380

0.96

0.95

0.93

0.96

0.96

0.97

0.97