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Table 3 Association between knowledge and attitude towards CL and the education levels among residents in CL endemic areas in northwest Ethiopia

From: Cutaneous leishmaniasis a neglected tropical disease: community knowledge, attitude and practices in an endemic area, Northwest Ethiopia

Questions/responses

Education levels frequency and percentages

χ2

P-value

Primary n (%)

Secondary n (%)

Tertiary n (%)

Illiterate n (%)

Have you ever seen patients with CL?

 No

81(6)

8 (16)

4(8)

30(60)

4.694

0.196

 Yes

106(29.6)

51(14.2)

16(4.5)

185(51.7)

  

Have you heard of sand fly?

 No

88(27.4)

44(13.7)

16(5)

173(53.9)

1.172

0.76

 Yes

26(29.9)

15(17.2)

4(4.6)

42(48.3)

  

Do sand flies transmit CL?

 No

24(22)

12(11)

5(4.6)

68(62.4)

7.42

0.284

 Yes

69(31.5)

36(16.4)

10(4.6)

104(47.5)

  

 I don’t know

21(26.2)

11(13.8)

5(6.2)

43(53.8)

  

How is CL transmitted?

 I don’t know

32(23.4)

16(11.7)

9(6.6)

80(58.4)

11.96

0.449

 Direct contact and air droplets

11(25)

6(13.6)

1(2.3)

26(59.1)

  

 Sand fly

26(28)

18(19.4)

6(6.5)

43(46.2)

  

 Mosquitoes

6(25)

4(16.7)

0(0.0)

14(58.3)

  

 Others

39(35.5)

15(13.6)

4(3.6)

52(47.3)

  

Is CL a serious disease?

 No

6(30)

1(5.0)

0(0.0)

13(65)

7.939

0.243

 Yes

99(29.4)

49(14.5)

19(5.6)

170(50.4)

  

 I don’t know

9(17.6)

9(17.6)

1(2)

32(62.7)

  

Is CL a treatable disease?

 No

31(30.4)

12(11.8)

4(3.9)

55(53.9)

11.67

0.07

 Yes

58(29)

33(16.5)

15(7.5)

94(47)

  

 I don’t know

25(23.6)

14(13.2)

1(0.9)

66(62.3)

  

Do you know any sand fly prevention methods?

 I don’t know

32(21.5)

16(10.7)

7(4.7)

94(63.1)

10.59

0.014

 Yes

82(31.7)

43(16.6)

13(5)

121(46.7)

  

What types of treatment for CL do you know?

 Traditional

76(26.9)

39(13.8)

13(4.6)

155(54.8)

22.93

0.028

 Modern

21(52.5)

5(12.5)

3(7.5)

11(27.5)

  

 I don’t know

15(21.4)

11(15.7)

2(2.9)

42(60)

  

 Others

1(11.1)

2(22.2)

1(11.1)

5(55.6)

  

What is your best treatment option?

 Modern drugs

41(36)

22(19.3)

8(7)

43(37.7)

14.59

0.024

 Traditional drugs

51(24.3)

26(12.4)

9(4.3)

124(59)

  

 I don’t know

22(26.2)

11(13.1)

3(3.6)

48(57.1)

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