Table 2.
Knowledge, attitude, and practice responses to standard questionnaire from residents of 12 communes in Long An, Ben Tre, and Vinh Long Provinces, Vietnam, 2006–2010
| Question | Time (% mean ± SD) | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | |||||
| 4 | Have you ever heard about dengue | 87.1 | 8.8 | 98.0 | 2.5 | < 0.001 |
| 5 | Know the key symptoms of dengue | 28.2 | 10.3 | 72.0 | 8.4 | < 0.001 |
| 6 | Know the causes of dengue | 15.9 | 6.0 | 63.2 | 13.6 | < 0.001 |
| 7 | Know dengue mosquito | 52.4 | 17.3 | 82.8 | 16.2 | < 0.001 |
| 8 | Know biting time of dengue mosquito | 35.2 | 16.7 | 67.2 | 19.9 | < 0.001 |
| 9 | Know breeding sites of dengue mosquito | 60.4 | 21.0 | 88.7 | 7.9 | < 0.001 |
| 10 | Agreed that dengue is a fatal disease | 81.5 | 11.1 | 92.8 | 5.4 | 0.004 |
| 11 | Know dengue can be prevented | 73.6 | 10.7 | 93.3 | 5.1 | < 0.001 |
| 12 | Heard about Mesocyclops | 1.5 | 1.5 | 91.0 | 5.6 | < 0.001 |
| 13 | Know about application of Mesocyclops | 0.7 | 0.9 | 88.7 | 8.7 | < 0.001 |
| 14 | Agreed to put Mesocyclops in water containers | 82.7 | 12.6 | 95.6 | 4.2 | 0.003 |
| 15 | Willing to take part in dengue control activities | 80.6 | 10.7 | 92.2 | 7.7 | 0.006 |
| 16 | Know about waterborne diseases | |||||
| Diarrhea | 83.7 | 8.4 | 83.4 | 8.6 | 0.915 | |
| Parasitic disease | 14.9 | 7.5 | 21.5 | 10.7 | 0.095 | |
| Dengue | 19.5 | 6.0 | 47.2 | 16.5 | < 0.001 | |
| 17 | Used additives to clean water | 24.0 | 22.1 | 13.8 | 8.5 | 0.152 |