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) |  |  |