Table 5.
Knowledge and practices regarding leptospirosis compared with socio-demographic variables among residents of an urban slum community in Salvador, Brazil
| Knowledge and practices regarding leptospirosis | Gender | Age (years) | Completed primary school | Race | Unemployed | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | < 18 | ≥ 18 | Yes | No | Black | Other | Yes | No | |
| Knowledge | Number (%) of residents that correctly answered questions regarding leptospirosis | |||||||||
| What is leptospirosis | 95 (91) | 130 (85) | 53 (79)* | 172 (90) | 78 (98)* | 143 (83) | 188 (87) | 37 (90) | 14 (93) | 211 (87) |
| Leptospirosis transmission | 93 (89) | 134 (88) | 53 (79)* | 174 (92) | 75 (94) | 152 (86) | 191 (88) | 36 (88) | 13 (87) | 214 (88) |
| Leptospirosis prevention | 91 (87) | 137 (87) | 49 (73)* | 175 (92) | 75 (94)* | 149 (84) | 188 (87) | 36 (88) | 13 (87) | 211 (87) |
| Leptospirosis symptoms | 71 (68) | 105 (69) | 39 (58)* | 137 (72) | 64 (80)* | 112 (63) | 148 (68) | 28 (68) | 11 (73) | 165 (68) |
| Practice | Number (%) of residents that referred the following practices | |||||||||
| Use of gloves/boots to clean sewer | 16 (76) | 13 (54) | 8 (67) | 21 (64) | 18 (62) | 11 (69) | 19 (61) | 10 (71) | 2 (50) | 27 (66) |
| Use of illegal poison (chumbinho) | 79 (76)* | 90 (59) | 52 (78)* | 117 (62) | 54 (67) | 115 (65) | 142 (66) | 27 (66) | 14 (93)* | 155 (64) |
| Garbage elimination < 2 day per week | 84 (80) | 119 (78) | 50 (75) | 153 (80) | 65 (81) | 138 (78) | 164 (76)* | 39 (95) | 11 (73) | 192 (79) |
*
Statistical significant difference between the compared groups (P < 0.05).