Table 2.
Knowledge on VL among study participants in Addis Zemen town, South Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2012
| Variables | Frequency | Percentage (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heard about kalazar n = 346 |
Yes |
303 |
87.6 |
|
| No |
43 |
12.4 |
||
| Infectiousness of the Diseases n = 303 |
Yes |
182 |
60.1 |
|
| No |
50 |
16.5 |
||
| I don’t know |
71 |
23.4 |
||
| Mode of transmission n = 182 |
Malaria mosquito |
1 |
.5 |
|
| Worms |
4 |
2.1 |
||
| sleeping with infected person |
18 |
9.6 |
||
| Sand fly |
128 |
68.1 |
||
| I don’t know |
27 |
14.4 |
||
| Others |
10 |
5.3 |
||
| Sign and symptoms n = 303 |
Fever |
3 |
1.0 |
|
| Fatigue |
1 |
0.33 |
||
| Abdominal swelling |
57 |
18.8 |
||
| I don’t know |
53 |
17.5 |
||
| Others |
1 |
0.33 |
||
| More than one answer |
188 |
62 |
||
| Preventability of disease n = 303 |
Yes |
246 |
81.2 |
|
| No |
16 |
5.3 |
||
| Don’t know |
41 |
13.5 |
||
| Out come if left untreated n = 303 |
Death |
293 |
96.7 |
|
| Self cure |
2 |
0.7 |
||
| Don’t know |
8 |
2.6 |
||
| Knowledge on VL (overall) |
Knowledgeable |
Male |
115 |
42.4 |
| |
female |
156 |
57.6 |
|
| Total |
271 |
89.4 |
||
| Not Knowledgeable |
Male |
8 |
25 |
|
| |
Female |
24 |
75 |
|
| Total | 32 | 10.6 | ||