Table 4.
Relationship between travel clinic visit and backpackers' knowledge
| Questions (correct answer) | Travel clinic (%) | Control group (%) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-travel preparation | |||
| 1. Receive information about rabies | 70.55 | 46.56 | < 0.001* |
| 2. Vaccination against rabies | 33.51 | 24.49 | 0.001* |
| Knowledge | Travel clinic (% know) | Control group (% know) | P value |
| 1. You may get rabies if you | |||
| are bitten by an infected animal (True) | 97.71 | 94.68 | 0.026* |
| are licked by an infected animal on broken skin (True) | 62.09 | 56.71 | 0.124 |
| have contact with animal saliva on normal skin (False) | 87.53 | 88.61 | 0.641 |
| consume contaminated food/drinks (False) | 89.57 | 87.59 | 0.384 |
| 2. Animal that could carry rabies | |||
| Dog (True) | 99.49 | 97.73 | 0.034* |
| Cat (True) | 65.57 | 61.36 | 0.268 |
| Snake (False) | 94.68 | 93.69 | 0.549 |
| Chicken (False) | 89.37 | 90.66 | 0.545 |
| Bat (True) | 55.95 | 52.02 | 0.268 |
| Monkey (True) | 84.05 | 75.25 | 0.002* |
| 3. If you have already had a complete course (3 shots) of rabies vaccination before travel, and you are bitten by a dog, there is no need to have a booster (False) | 83.50 | 80.71 | 0.307 |
| 4. The bite of a healthy-looking dog/cat poses no risk of rabies (False) | 63.52 | 57.51 | 0.085 |
*
Statistical significance.