Table 3.
Opinion of Chagas disease by country of birth (participants who have heard of Chagas disease)*
| Variable | No. (%) | P‡ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico (n = 188)† | El Salvador (n = 81) | Guatemala (n = 38) | Other (n = 45) | Total (n = 352) | ||
| Do you think Chagas disease is a problem in your country of origin? | 0.15 | |||||
| Definitely/probably no | 36 (20) | 13 (16) | 2 (5) | 8 (18) | 59 (17) | |
| Maybe/not sure | 42 (23) | 17 (21) | 4 (11) | 9 (20) | 72 (21) | |
| Definitely/probably yes | 105 (57) | 50 (63) | 31 (84) | 28 (62) | 214 (62) | |
| Do you think Chagas disease is a problem in the Latino community in the USA? | 0.55 | |||||
| Definitely/probably no | 43 (23) | 13 (16) | 10 (26) | 13 (29) | 79 (22) | |
| Maybe/not sure | 46 (25) | 16 (20) | 8 (21) | 10 (22) | 80 (23) | |
| Definitely/probably yes | 99 (53) | 52 (64) | 20 (53) | 22 (49) | 193 (55) | |
| If you could get tested for Chagas disease by a doctor, would you get tested? | NA | |||||
| Definitely/probably no | 7 (4) | 2 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 9 (3) | |
| Maybe/not sure | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (1) | |
| Definitely/probably yes | 178 (96) | 78 (96) | 38 (100) | 43 (100) | 337 (97) | |
| If you had Chagas disease, would you take the medication for it? | NA | |||||
| Definitely/probably no | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 1 (0) | |
| Maybe/not sure | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 3 (1) | |
| Definitely/probably yes | 184 (99) | 81 (100) | 36 (95) | 45 (100) | 346 (99) | |
| Do you think Chagas disease is a disease that is: _____ | 0.35 | |||||
| Not serious | 152 (82) | 59 (76) | 30 (79) | 38 (88) | 279 (81) | |
| Serious | 33 (18) | 19 (24) | 8 (21) | 5 (12) | 65 (19) | |
*
NA = not applicable (chi-square test invalid because of low expected counts).
†
Subtotal affected by missing data for each response.
‡
By chi-square test for independence.