Table 2.
Knowledge and awareness on Ebola
| Gasabo | Karongi | Rubavu | Rusizi | Burera | Overall | p value (chi-squared test) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Have you ever heard of Ebola | |||||||
| Yes | 100.0 | 99.5 | 100.0 | 98.4 | 100.0 | 99.6 | 0.005 |
| No | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 | |
| Perceived Causes of the Ebola Virus | |||||||
| Virus | 58.0 | 42.4 | 58.5 | 83.4 | 30.2 | 54.3 | < 0.001 |
| Bats / monkeys / Chimps | 32.2 | 62.1 | 37.7 | 30.1 | 48.0 | 42.1 | < 0.001 |
| Other | 6.4 | 15.3 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 15.8 | 8.5 | - |
| Transmission ways | |||||||
| Airbornea | 42.0 | 44.8 | 15.5 | 52.3 | 27.7 | 36.2 | < 0.001 |
| Preparing bushmeat/Eating bush meat | 34.1 | 42.4 | 38.6 | 22.8 | 33.7 | 34.5 | < 0.001 |
| Bodily fluids of infected persons | 72.2 | 53.7 | 79.2 | 48.7 | 51.0 | 61.2 | < 0.001 |
| Mosquito Bitea | 7.3 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 0.004 |
| Shaking hands with infected persons | 40.5 | 39.9 | 74.4 | 30.1 | 45.5 | 48.3 | < 0.001 |
| Using utensils used by infected persons | 5.4 | 36.0 | 32.4 | 25.9 | 22.3 | 24.4 | < 0.001 |
| Other | 0.5 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 19.3 | 5.6 | < 0.001 |
| Don’t Know | 7.3 | 3,9 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 9.4 | 5.5 | 0.02 |
| Signs and Symptoms | |||||||
| Fever | 81.5 | 80.3 | 87.0 | 83.9 | 91.1 | 84.8 | < 0.001 |
| Headache | 42.9 | 27.1 | 57.0 | 29.5 | 32.7 | 38.0 | < 0.001 |
| Muscle pain | 19,0 | 10.3 | 30.4 | 9.8 | 20.8 | 18.2 | < 0.001 |
| Diarrhoea | 34,1 | 43.3 | 47.3 | 33.7 | 33.7 | 38.5 | < 0.001 |
| Abdominal pains | 15.6 | 3.0 | 25.6 | 9.8 | 11.9 | 13.3 | < 0.001 |
| Sore Throat | 9.3 | 3.9 | 23.7 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 9.7 | < 0.001 |
| Vomiting | 32.7 | 45.3 | 40.6 | 44.0 | 38.6 | 40.2 | 0.007 |
| Bleeding | 78.5 | 76.8 | 94.2 | 54.1 | 93.6 | 80.7 | < 0.001 |
| Fatigue | 38.5 | 9.9 | 4.8 | 39.4 | 21.8 | 31.7 | < 0.001 |
| Other | 3.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 5.9 | 3.5 | < 0.001 |
| Prevention measures | |||||||
| Avoid contact with infected persons | 95.1 | 95.6 | 92.8 | 93.8 | 84.7 | 92.4 | < 0.001 |
| Not eating uncooked bush meat | 36.1 | 41.9 | 34.8 | 19.2 | 29.7 | 32.5 | < 0.001 |
| Bathing with salt and hot watera | 25.4 | 6.4 | 31.4 | 5.2 | 17.8 | 17.4 | < 0.001 |
| By avoiding mosquito bitesa | 4.4 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 4.4 | < 0.001 |
| Not participating in burial rituals | 11.7 | 26.6 | 30.4 | 22.8 | 22.8 | 22.9 | < 0.001 |
| Not attending funerals | 2.4 | 16.7 | 18.8 | 4.1 | 22.3 | 13.0 | < 0.001 |
| Other | 4.4 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 1.0 | 30.2 | 11.5 | < 0.001 |
| Received any training or health education on Ebola | |||||||
| Yes | 11.7 | 19.7 | 15.9 | 25.9 | 26.2 | 19.8 | < 0.001 |
| No | 88.3 | 80.3 | 84.1 | 74.1 | 73.8 | 80.2 | |
| Source of Information on Ebola | |||||||
| Radio | 95.1 | 93.1 | 92.2 | 96.8 | 92.6 | 93.9 | 0.28 |
| TV | 60.3 | 17.7 | 51.9 | 35.5 | 6.9 | 34.6 | < 0.001 |
| Social Media | 23.0 | 16.3 | 29.1 | 17.7 | 6.9 | 18.7 | < 0.001 |
| Mobile Phone text messages | 12.3 | 15.8 | 11.2 | 24.2 | 4.0 | 13.3 | < 0.001 |
| Health workers | 18.6 | 23.2 | 18.4 | 31.7 | 23.3 | 22.9 | 0.01 |
| Flyers/Posters | 12.7 | 2.0 | 17.5 | 16.7 | 11.9 | 12.1 | |
| Church/Religious workers | 6.4 | 17.2 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 10.4 | 9.4 | < 0.001 |
| Traditional healers | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.01 |
| 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 1.0 | < 0.001 | |
| Drama | 4.4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.4 | < 0.001 |
| Newspapers | 11.3 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 16.7 | 4.0 | 7.3 | < 0.001 |
| CHW | 9.8 | 23.6 | 20.4 | 22.0 | 26.2 | 20.4 | 0.27 |
| Other | 1.0 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 21.8 | 6.3 | 0.04 |
| Trusted Sources of Information | |||||||
| Health professionals | 71.1 | 56.7 | 68.4 | 69.1 | 60.4 | 65.1 | - |
| Community health workers | 23.0 | 33.5 | 28.6 | 22.3 | 26.2 | 26.8 | - |
| NGO | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 1.4 | - |
| Traditional leaders | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | - |
| Religious leader | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | - |
| Other | 3.4 | 8.4 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 12.9 | 6.0 | - |
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