Table 2.
Scores of both groups for knowledge before and after the intervention.
| No. | Questions | Intervention Group n (%) |
Control Group n (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | P - value | Before | After | P - value | |||
| 1 | Dengue is caused by bite of Aedes mosquito | 216 (72.0) | 296 (98.6) | <0.001 | 216 (72.0) | 263 **(87.6) | <0.001 | |
| 2 | Aedes mosquitoe bites primarily during the day | 195 (65.0) | 293 (97.6) | <0.001 | 190 (63.3) | 257**(85.6) | <0.001 | |
| 3 | Outdoor mosquito breeding site | discarded tire | 250 (83.3) | 295 (99.0) | <0.001 | 242 (80.6) | 247** (82.3) | 0.599 |
| garbage | 256 (85.3) | 298 (99.3) | <0.001 | 246 (82.0) | 250**(83.3) | 0.666 | ||
| water tank | 240 (80.0) | 295 (98.3) | <0.001 | 264# (88.0) | 252 **(84.0) | 0.158 | ||
| rice field (no)€ | 114 (38.0) | 196 (65.3) | <0.001 | 138# (46.0) | 151**(50.3) | <0.001 | ||
| waste water drain (no)€ | 57 (19.0) | 287 (95.6) | <0.001 | 54 (18.0) | 50 **(16.6) | 0.666 | ||
| 4 | Indoor mosquito breeding site | water containers for flushing toilet | 229 (76.3) | 297 (99.0) | <0.001 | 248# (82.6) | 254**(84.6) | 0.508 |
| water container for daily use | 195 (65.0) | 297 (99.0) | <0.001 | 187 (62.3) | 210**(70.0) | 0.047 | ||
| saucers for food cupboard stand | 217 (72.3) | 298 (99.3) | <0.001 | 216 (72.0) | 241**(80.3) | 0.017 | ||
| 5 | Major symptom of Dengue | fever | 274 (91.3) | 298 (99.3) | <0.001 | 291# (97.0) | 284 **(94.6) | 0.153 |
| skin rash | 232 (77.3) | 294 (98.0) | <0.001 | 253#(84.3) | 242 **(80.6) | 0.237 | ||
| bleeding | 79 (26.3) | 280 (93.3) | <0.001 | 68 (22.6) | 94 ** (31.3) | 0.017 | ||
| 6 | Cover water container with lid | 269 (89.6) | 298 (99.3) | <0.001 | 267 (89.0) | 268 **(89.3) | 0.895 | |
| 7 | Weekly changing stored water | 265 (88.3) | 297 (99.0) | <0.001 | 254 (84.6) | 283*(94.3) | <0.001 | |
| 8 | Release larvivorous fish in water container | 184 (61.3) | 293 (97.6) | <0.001 | 159#(53.0) | 166**(55.3) | 0.566 | |
| 9 | Use of temephos in water | 175 (58.3) | 263 (87.6) | <0.001 | 187 (62.3) | 205**(68.3) | 0.123 | |
| 10 | Use of mosquito net during the day nap | 259 (86.3) | 297 (99.0) | <0.001 | 261 (87.0) | 286 **(95.3) | < 0.001 | |
| 11 | Wear the colorful long sleeves and pants | 243 (81.0) | 284 (94.6) | <0.001 | 219#(73.0) | 229**(76.3) | 0.348 | |
| 12 | Dengue may cause death | 255 (85.0) | 295 (98.3) | <0.001 | 263 (87.6) | 243**(81.0) | 0.025 | |
| 13 | Dengue is preventable disease | 240 (80.0) | 293 (97.6) | <0.001 | 260#(86.6) | 259 **(86.3) | 0.905 | |
€ The correct answer is “No”.
#P-value <0.05.
##P-value <0.001 between the two groups before study intervention.
*P-value <0.05 ** P-value <0.001 between the two groups after study intervention.